Police have arrested a man and seized a water pistol following reports that a replica gun was allegedly fired today in Sydney's CBD near parliament house.

lmfao the language “discharged a replica firearm” certainly sounds scarier than squirted a waterpistol at the ground.

Given rideshare driver (is this relevant?) this smacks of driving while black type discrimination.

Obviously the toy looks a bit real, but it seems to me all this needed was “hey we had a complaint, that looked real, why not hand it over and go home for a bit?” Although even so Queensland allows very realistic toy guns and AFAIK it’s not some lawless hellscape of fake holdups.

BTW bonus fact. A spud gun, like fires a fragment of potato via a spring, is almost certainly an illegal firearm in nsw. Heaps cool.

  • zero_gravitas@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    1 month ago

    In short:

    NSW Police have arrested a man possessing a water pistol following reports that a replica gun was discharged near NSW’s parliament.

    About 1pm, officers were called to Sydney’s CBD following reports that a white replica gun was discharged.

    What’s next?

    It’s not clear whether the man will be charged given the legality of possessing a water pistol.