Cosplayer’s replica weapon causes stir on Toronto streetcar

TORONTO – Officials in Toronto are warning cosplayers to leave their replica weapons at home if they’re taking public transit to Fan Expo this weekend.

A cosplayer caused a bit of a fright on Friday when he was spotted carrying what appeared to be a semi-automatic rifle on a Toronto streetcar.

Police say they got a number of calls about a man with a gun on the streetcar.

Police say the man was escorted off by a number of officers and put in handcuffs.

It was later determined that the rifle was a replica and that the man was dressed up and on his way to Fan Expo.

The man will not face any charges.

“If heading to Fan Expo, or anywhere else on the TTC this weekend, please leave your replica weapons in your replica armouries,” Toronto Transit Commission spokesman Brad Ross tweeted. “We can’t be certain what’s real and what isn’t. Police may well be called.”

(680News, The Canadian Press)