That would be a weapons elevator. The carrier I was on had the weapons elevators up forward able to stop at the Mess Decks, that could be cleared for Ordnance Final Assembly
Maybe they want to get the sheeple scared so there's a total firearms ban in Maine, because you never know when those hunters will turn on you or just decide to invade Canada
The men who wrote the Second Amendment didn't just finish a hunting trip, they had just finished throwing off the most powerful tyranny on Earth at that time
Fun fact: At that time, there were also privately owned warships and cannons
I can see gangs from Jersey City and Weehawken pushing the Rotten Apple refugees back to where they came from.
Holier than thou?