The policeman, Edgar, told us "No es peligroso" meaning "It is not
dangerous" so I'm assuming it was not loaded. They also had a nice police
truck that they could sit in but did not have the keys for.
Tina
On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 12:57 AM, Scott Gomez <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The weapons are the SAR (Short Assault Rifle--what most USAians would call
> a carbine) version of the Israeli "Galil" weapon system. From what I can
> see in the photo, the weapon you are holding has the fire selector in
> "Safe" (long lever on the side above the trigger is fully up, at "S" mark).
> The gentleman with the glasses, however, is holding a weapon that is
> selected for "Automatic" (lever on the side is half-way down, at "A" mark).
> Lever all the way down would be for semi-automatic (marked "R" for
> "Repeat").
>
> I wouldn't have felt safe. Handing an "un-safed" weapon over for a
> photo-op, especially to untrained civilians who have no idea if those
> magazines are loaded, is a Real Bad Idea. An accidental firing of the
> weapon held by the doctor would have emptied the magazine somewhere between
> about 3 to about 4 and a half seconds, depending whether the magazine
> installed is the 35 or the 50 round capacity. I doubt he could have
> controlled its direction under those circumstances.
>
> ---
> Scott
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 6:07 PM, Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I've already posted it on Facebook where they will be sure and see it ;-)
> >
> > Tina
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 8:39 PM, Bob Adler <rgacpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > I think you should take it to your next dinner with your Deep South
> > > relatives!
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPad
> > >
> > > > On Jul 15, 2014, at 4:48 PM, Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > PESO:
> > > >
> > > > This is a photo not BY me but OF me. Dr. Bill Oliver, Edgar of the
> > > > Honduran National Police, and me.
> > > >
> > > > http://www.pbase.com/image/156594588
> > > >
> > > > Edgar and 3 of his buddies went to every clinic we had in the rural
> > areas
> > > > of Honduras. I don't think they were really necessary but I'd rather
> > be
> > > > safe than sorry! All of them were very friendly and helped us every
> > way
> > > > they could.
> > > >
> > > > I felt perfectly safe. I don't know whether the guns were even
> loaded
> > or
> > > > not!
> > > >
> > > > Tina
> > > >
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