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.
How many actually will vs how many innocents you just abandon. Like how many people actually presented to doctors or hospital after getting vaxxed, missed work etc.
I think this fear of other human beings behaving in ways you probably would never dream of, nor would you expect of almost everyone you know, is misguided.
Society can afford a few mooches if it's the price of helping the needy. We support an entire class of mooches with stuff like CGT discounting and that doesn't help anyone.