I Don't Understand

[HeijoshinCool]

I just don't understand some things here.

Ten minutes ago I passed through security at Don Muang.

Ten paces inside the departure terminal I notice a sign off to my right, over a door opening:

ALL FIREARMS MUST BE CHECKED HERE

Uhm, okay.

But that's not all.

In this barely two meter by two meter doorless room there is a barrel. (No, not of monkeys, but just as much fun maybe, when it's used as intended.) The barrel is enclosed. With very thick walls. It's painted red, and it's on a stand and angled at about 30 degrees off horizontal.

In the center of the "top" of the barrel is a hole. Maybe 6" in diameter.

Under the hole are the words:

PULL TRIGGER HERE

I feel much safer now.

[krisb]

Is this to discharge a gun into?

[chrisinth]

It is just an unloading bay, checking that the weapon is safe before being put into the flightbag for the journey by an official.

Unless there were fish in the barrel, nothing easier than shooting them there as old adages go........................

[weegee]

or.....It's there for Roy Rogers... (this one is for the Older generation)

[HeijoshinCool]

Is this to discharge a gun into?

Yes.

[HeijoshinCool]

It is just an unloading bay, checking that the weapon is safe before being put into the flightbag for the journey by an official.

Unless there were fish in the barrel, nothing easier than shooting them there as old adages go........................

Just an unloading bay?

Incredible.

As a cop for twenty-five years, I often flew with my sidearm. Usually I checked it to avoid the paperwork, but sometimes I had to keep it with me.

Unloaded if in my check-on, but obviously it was loaded if I I had reason to take it on the aircraft.

Are you suggesting that firing a weapon in the immediate vicinity of security is appropriate? (Careful, that's a trick question.)

[NoshowJones]

or.....It's there for Roy Rogers... (this one is for the Older generation)

I thought Roy Rogers was dead.

[benalibina]

or.....It's there for Roy Rogers... (this one is for the Older generation)

I thought Roy Rogers was dead.

His horse ?

[NoshowJones]

or.....It's there for Roy Rogers... (this one is for the Older generation)

I thought Roy Rogers was dead.

His horse ?

What about his horse?

[Hedghog]

You clear your weapon.

A supervisor checks the weapon is clear.

A further safety,you place the muzzle of the weapon into the hole in the barrel (normally full of sand) pull the trigger,to further establish the weapon breach is clear of ammunition.

Jobs a good un.

Carry on.

[chrisinth]

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Unless there were fish in the barrel, nothing easier than shooting them there as old adages go........................ width=20 alt=tongue.png>

Just an unloading bay?

Incredible.

As a cop for twenty-five years, I often flew with my sidearm. Usually I checked it to avoid the paperwork, but sometimes I had to keep it with me.

Unloaded if in my check-on, but obviously it was loaded if I I had reason to take it on the aircraft.

Are you suggesting that firing a weapon in the immediate vicinity of security is appropriate? (Careful, that's a trick question.)

Certainly hope that anyone carrying a weapon, and declaring it, knows how to unload and prove the weapon is safe without discharging it.

I would imagine that it is airline/insurance policy that passengers are not allowed to carry their weapons on flights, unless they are on active duty in which case the airline would be informed beforehand.

[h90]

You clear your weapon.

A supervisor checks the weapon is clear.

A further safety,you place the muzzle of the weapon into the hole in the barrel (normally full of sand) pull the trigger,to further establish the weapon breach is clear of ammunition.

Jobs a good un.

Carry on.

I was in the army when the pulled the trigger and the cleared STG77 shot. Actually it never should have been loaded. But that dork "cleared" the weapon with the magazin plugged in. So he actually loaded it......

[HeijoshinCool]

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It is just an unloading bay, checking that the weapon is safe before being put into the flightbag for the journey by an official.

Unless there were fish in the barrel, nothing easier than shooting them there as old adages go........................ width=20 alt=tongue.png>

Just an unloading bay?

Incredible.

As a cop for twenty-five years, I often flew with my sidearm. Usually I checked it to avoid the paperwork, but sometimes I had to keep it with me.

Unloaded if in my check-on, but obviously it was loaded if I I had reason to take it on the aircraft.

Are you suggesting that firing a weapon in the immediate vicinity of security is appropriate? (Careful, that's a trick question.)

Certainly hope that anyone carrying a weapon, and declaring it, knows how to unload and prove the weapon is safe without discharging it.

I would imagine that it is airline/insurance policy that passengers are not allowed to carry their weapons on flights, unless they are on active duty in which case the airline would be informed beforehand.

No, certainly they might not.

And, after going through security?

That's idiocy.

H90's post above is what can, and does happen. I've seen the same thing happen to weapon's masters, so it can happen to anyone.

Brilliant inside a passenger terminal.

All of this should take place outside of the eyes, and earshot, of other passengers. Before security.

Doing it here begs an actual event, could provoke panic, and perhaps a reaction that would get someone killed.

Just another example of the Thai thinking process.

Edited April 28, 2014 by HeijoshinCool

[chrisinth]

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It is just an unloading bay, checking that the weapon is safe before being put into the flightbag for the journey by an official.

Unless there were fish in the barrel, nothing easier than shooting them there as old adages go........................ width=20 alt=tongue.png>

Just an unloading bay?

Incredible.

As a cop for twenty-five years, I often flew with my sidearm. Usually I checked it to avoid the paperwork, but sometimes I had to keep it with me.

Unloaded if in my check-on, but obviously it was loaded if I I had reason to take it on the aircraft.

Are you suggesting that firing a weapon in the immediate vicinity of security is appropriate? (Careful, that's a trick question.)

width=20 alt=biggrin.png> Certainly hope that anyone carrying a weapon, and declaring it, knows how to unload and prove the weapon is safe without discharging it.

I would imagine that it is airline/insurance policy that passengers are not allowed to carry their weapons on flights, unless they are on active duty in which case the airline would be informed beforehand.

No, certainly they might not.

And, after going through security?

That's idiocy.

H90's post above is what can, and does happen. I've seen the same thing happen to weapon's masters, so it can happen to anyone.

Brilliant inside a passenger terminal.

All of this should take place outside of the eyes, and earshot, of other passengers. Before security.

Doing it here begs an actual event, could provoke panic, and perhaps a reaction that would get someone killed.

Just another example of the Thai thinking process.

I don't think this is for passengers. Perhaps it is for the armed security? Why, I have no idea, but as you say after the x-ray machines in departure, what else would it be for?

[bendejo]

Just be happy they didn't tell you it was your turn to be in the barrel.

[Dancealot]

It's DM airport. No worries, firearms are allowed on domestic flights, that's all.

[YipYipYa123]

theres a drinking club beside my house that has this on this door except the writing is in thai :

[kannot]

or.....It's there for Roy Rogers... (this one is for the Older generation)

Gingers brother .....for even older members

[HeavyDrinker]

I think Trigger is stuffed in some museum.

[kannot]

I think Trigger is stuffed in some museum.

There are some "sick" people about thats for sure

[marko kok prong]

op,if that is the least of the things you may not understand about thailand,i would suggest a long education awaits.

[HeijoshinCool]

op,if that is the least of the things you may not understand about thailand,i would suggest a long education awaits.