Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Easter Egg - A Little Foreshadowing?

In the introduction of the movie during the "Happiest Little Elf" sequence, pay attention to the woodland creatues and the other elf waving to the "happiest elf". The elf standing amongst the woodland creatures has a shotgun taller than him and 2 shot gun bandoliers. This could be foreshadowing of the events to come or just a funny tidbit or irony of a hunter standing among the animals.