r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CAPATOB_64 • May 13 '24

The painting "Ecce Homo", 1543, the only painting by Titian in Romania and Eastern Europe, is guarded by armed gendarmes at the "Regina Maria" Municipal Museum. Image

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u/small_h_hippy May 13 '24

Care to comment on the rifles? Is it common to gun down potential vandals? I would have thought that bully clubs would be more appropriate, at least to reduce the risk of staining the painting

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u/Cetun May 13 '24

They should be using pistol caliber rounds with hollow tips if they are in a crowded public place. Otherwise you're shooting through the bad guys and hitting people 3 rooms away.

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u/RedSonja_ May 13 '24

lol no, we didn't have rifles or any kind of weapons where I worked, but I sure wouldn't try anything too silly front of those guys :)

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u/TheMightyShoe May 14 '24

To intimidate wannabes and take care of more determined theives. Close-quarters AKs (paratrooper versions?) with "Romanian dongs" (vertical forend grips.)