Here’s more proof that we all need to watch out for referees these days.

Yesterday we brought you the story of the Australian Rules Football referee who punched a fan.

Today’s story is about an assistant Romanian soccer referee who had enough of people questioning a goal call.

The incident occurred in a match between Popesti Stefan and Unirea Dragalina in Romania. The referee had made a controversial decision on a goal and fans were unhappy.

So his linesman did what any good assistant would do and pulled a gun out of his shorts, coolly waving it around as he walked away from the fans.

This apparently is an effective way of subduing an unruly crowd, but what’s a soccer referee doing with a gun in the first place?

On second thought, it’s soccer, and it’s Europe, so maybe it was a good idea to carry some protection.

Linesman pulls out a gun to protect himself from fans [The Spoiler]

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