Man with fake machine gun goes on 'training exercise', sparking scare

Looks like this Australian solider was training for a timed foot march.  Long timed foot marches of around five to ten miles while wearing full field kit, backpack and carrying a rifle are frequently part of the physical training program and/or the selection test for elite forces in most of the world’s major armies. Cleary this soldier was training for such an event on his own time and in the neighborhood in which he resided . Along with his backpack and belt order, he was carrying  a dummy rifle made to resemble the Styer AUG select-fire assault rifle used by the Australian Defense Force (ADF). Unfortunately he had not bargained on how hoplophobic (possessing a irrational and neurotic fear of weapons) Australian civilian society had become.  Even terrified of a of a weapon carried by a soldier in uniform. So now he’s in trouble. Like they say, sheep often have trouble distinguishing the wolf from the sheep dog.

A camouflage-clad man carrying a fake machine gun sparked a security scare and the lockdown of two schools and a childcare centre when he went on a 'training' mission in Brisbane.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3342388/Solider-armed-fake-machine-gun-camouflage-goes-training-exercise-Rochedale-sparking-security-scare.html