Armed to the hilt

After witnessing 4 Soliders carrying assault rifles patrol the beach in Mexico you kind of become immune to the whole gun carrying thing. That is until you hit Guatemala and Honduras where civilians are allowed carry guns too. Whilst in a taxi in San Pedro Sula a moped pulled up alongside us. The driver had a rifle on his lap and his pillion passenger was embracing a shotgun. I smiled meekly at them and they waved back. I'm sure they were just off to a duck hunt. 10 minutes later a pickup truck whizzed by with 4 men in balaclavas all holding assault rifles. They were probably just the back up in case the ducks turned nasty...