The rifle barrel thing is no joke but the checkpoints in general are a total joke. Most often we are waved through but we have been stopped a few times and asked the most random and ludicrous questions that are of zero relevance. "How long have you been married?" The best is when the soldier asking the questions asks if we have anything for him or if we can bring something back for him. "Like what?" we asked. "Anyting mon" he replied.