Really, folk. They're not audio-animatronics. They're not Disney cast members. They are armed guards in heavy, uncomfortable uniforms, powered by discipline and duty and drill, following a long line of tradition.
Disrespecting them is tacky. Screwing around with them to the point of interfering with their activities is seriously contra-indicated.
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The guard did exactly what he was trained to do. People are not allowed to touch the guards or interfere with their work, they are there for security, and a touch like the one seen here can just as well be the prelude to an attack…
Just to be clear, that is a real gun, with team (is sharp) bayonets. They are not loaded (I think) because only an idiot would do that. They are exactly the same as that guardsman carried in Afgan (because they are proper soldiers, not just display pieces, and the British forces, unlike the US ones uses current rifle for drill.). He has no idea if ‘hands on’ is an attempt to assault him or/and steal his gun.
Lessons for tourists.
(See also never run up to a on duty prison officer from behind, or touch them if they are not expecting it)
Sorry ‘real bayonet’. Didn’t spot the auto-correct.
Guards guarding. And a job not without real risks. http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/22/world/americas/canada-ottawa-shooting/index.html
Hell, certain Disney cast members are armed. Those are real guns in the Jungle Cruise, people.
+Brittany Constable Albeit with blanks. Though blanks, at short range, can injure or kill (as too many actors have discovered).
+Dave Hill I thought that those instances were due to improper care of the guns, leaving rounds or fragments from previous uses in the barrel, which the more powerful blank charges (more flames) will then dislodge.
That was IIRC the case for both Bruce Lee, and later his son Brandon Lee (while shooting The Crow)
+Asbjørn Grandt I was probably thinking of the Jon-Erik Hexum case (http://propguys.com/gundanger/).
Hot gases still come from the end of a blank fired gun. Not sure about an automatic rifle, as they have the gas thingie on the end, as the gas is what keeps it going.
+Dave Hill You just summed up your thoughtful repartee, with a medical term…..And NO, their isn't two ways you can spin "contra-indicated" to make it any more witless than it is…..SMDH, You tried…..you tried….(face palm)
While most often used as a medical term, I believe it's acceptable to use in a broader sense as "advised against" (similar to "You seem stressed; I prescribe a tall, frosty beer"), esp. since the result of this particular contraindicated exercise is a health hazard.
(I was, though, incorrect in hyphenating the word.)
+Dave Hill You nailed it Dave!