UK ambassador to Mexico reportedly sacked after pointing gun at staff
UK ambassador to Mexico reportedly sacked after pointing gun at staff
MEXICO CITY: Britain's ambassador to Mexico was removed from his post after allegedly pointing an assault rifle inside a vehicle carrying embassy staff, reports said on Friday (May 31). The UK government said it had taken "appropriate action" after the incident, without confirming that Jon Benjamin ...
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Why does the UK ambassador to Mexico carry an assault rifle in their vehicle in the first place?
I can well believe that security staff in such a vehicle would have weapons like that.
I suspect it's a situation where somebody with no gun awareness picked up a weapon he wasn't supposed to as a very badly thought out joke. If so, I have no problem with somebody who has that kind of judgement being recalled.
Because Mexico has a wee bit of a gang murder problem.
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You answered your own question there.