A man caught by police with an imitation firearm in Wodonga was again picked up for the same offence only weeks later, and is now serving a prison term.
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While the weapons owned by Steven Johnson - including a Glock-style handgun found on Monday - were gel blasters, they were modified to look like the real thing.
The father-of-one and former Corowa abattoir worker also had a knife, four Viagra tablets, and an assortment of stolen jewellery and silverware when he was spoken to on Heckendorf Road in Wodonga.
He was a passenger in a vehicle and downplayed all of his offending, telling police he had purchased the property on trading pages and was onselling it.
Johnson said the knife was for protection against a well-known Wodonga crime family, and he had the gel blaster because all his mates had them.
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He was on bail at the time, having been caught with a longarm style gel blaster on July 24.
Five gram-bags of cannabis, a baton, hunting knife, and antique jewellery was also found, which he also downplayed.
Both of the seized weapons had been modified to look more realistic.
Lawyer Mario Vaccaro told the Wodonga Magistrates Court the former grain company employee was homeless.
He had lived in Canada for four years and had a six-year-old daughter in the country he can't see.
It was Johnson's first time out of work and on benefits, but magistrate Ian Watkins said he was concerned that he had minimised all of his actions.
Magistrate Ian Watkins noted his life had come "crashing down", and wondered how it had gotten to this.
He said claims that Johnson had purchased the property to onsell it seemed unlikely given that he was homeless.
The behaviour didn't match with someone who was homeless, Mr Watkins said.
Johnson, who appeared in court with a face mask covering his beard, flanked by two guards, dropped his head as he was jailed.
Mr Watkins ordered he serve two months in custody before being released.
