A United Airlines pilot took ten undamaged, fully-functioning bullets and senselessly flushed them down a toilet in the aircraft he was flying from Houston, Texas to Germany last week — according to a report from The Daily Beast and The Aviation Herald.

The paper cowboy aviator has yet to be identified.

This from The Daily Beast:

[The] pilot discovered he was still carrying ammunition in his luggage once he was aboard the plane. Knowing that ammo was not permitted to be taken into Germany, he first put it in a waste bin. Then a flight attendant discovered the bullets while searching for a passenger’s lost ring. The attendant “dutifully brought and reported the bullets to the captain, who now decided to ultimately get rid of the bullets and dumped them down the toilet.” Realizing she would file a report, the pilot told ground control, the plane’s septic tanks were emptied, and the bullets were recovered.

What’s this? Europe doesn’t agree with our brash gun culture? Confiscate their Clint Eastwood movies immediately. All of them.