I'm sitting in a barrio in Puerto Plata. My family lives here, and it's what I consider my home base. Its "fin dia de ano" of couse, so outside the colmado, everybody is drinking cerveza, ron, and roasting chickens in the street. There are also two members of the Gurerro (military) keeping an eye on things. Automatic weapons and all.
Here lies the problem. One of the military guys lives right behind us. He of course knows knows us as well as everybody else in the barrio. He's a young man mid 20's I would say. This kid gave his loaded automatic weapon to a civilian (friend) on the street for him to check out. This in my opinion is a very dangerous, unprofessional thing to do, and I was floored. I started snapping photos of the site unfolding in front of me before putting my phone away at which point I walked up to him and asked for a private word with him. I asked him how much training he has had regarding automatic weapons. He responded almost a year. I asked him how much time the guy he gave his weapon to has had. He looked at me strangely. I then asked what his Captain would say if he knew he did gave up his weapon to a civilian? Again he didn't respond but his mouth dropped open before he finally said he never even gave it a thought. I told him he was stupid and put his job and everybody in the barrio at risk by doing this. It all ended with us shaking hands, patting him on the back, and him thanking me for telling him what I did.
My thought is that this kid has no business with an automatic weapon on the street. I should send the pictures (they are illegal here I believe because he is in the military) to the military for their viewing with a long letter pointing out the possible consequences and unprofessionalism or this guy asking if they are all so ill trained as this guy obviously is. However, the ramifications to my family could be huge in doing this. This is my question. What do you all think?
Here lies the problem. One of the military guys lives right behind us. He of course knows knows us as well as everybody else in the barrio. He's a young man mid 20's I would say. This kid gave his loaded automatic weapon to a civilian (friend) on the street for him to check out. This in my opinion is a very dangerous, unprofessional thing to do, and I was floored. I started snapping photos of the site unfolding in front of me before putting my phone away at which point I walked up to him and asked for a private word with him. I asked him how much training he has had regarding automatic weapons. He responded almost a year. I asked him how much time the guy he gave his weapon to has had. He looked at me strangely. I then asked what his Captain would say if he knew he did gave up his weapon to a civilian? Again he didn't respond but his mouth dropped open before he finally said he never even gave it a thought. I told him he was stupid and put his job and everybody in the barrio at risk by doing this. It all ended with us shaking hands, patting him on the back, and him thanking me for telling him what I did.
My thought is that this kid has no business with an automatic weapon on the street. I should send the pictures (they are illegal here I believe because he is in the military) to the military for their viewing with a long letter pointing out the possible consequences and unprofessionalism or this guy asking if they are all so ill trained as this guy obviously is. However, the ramifications to my family could be huge in doing this. This is my question. What do you all think?
