bayboy42
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I spoke to my uncle this afternoon and learned some slightly upsetting/disturbing information. He lives in Norfolk and told me that while at Bob's Guns on Saturday,he heard the "Real" story about Danbus's arrest after the city council meeting. I knew the way he put emphasis on the word "Real" that I was about to hear a doosie. Here he what he recounted (paraphrased):
According to several folks milling around and working inthe store and confirmed by an off-duty Norfolk officer, Danbus was arrested for verbal abuse of a police officer. After being stopped by the officer and told he couldn't open carry a weapon in Waterside, Danbus proceeded to unleash a tirade of curse words on the officer. These same folks indicated that he had done this before in Hampton when the police tried to arrest one of his neighborhood friends.The conversation then moved on to how Danbus wasn't doing anything to help Norfolk gun owners.
After taking a few seconds, I informed my uncle that the story he heard couldn't be further from the truth. I informed him that the only thing Danbus was cited for was Tresspassing and that he had never verbally assaulted any police officer in Norfolk or Hampton. For some reason, he puts a lot of stake into what the people at Bob's say and couldn't understand how I could have information contrary to what an "off-duty Norfolk officer" would have.
Now my question is, how do we (gunowners/VCDL/OCDO) keep local residents informed of the correct news? I think Mike/John/Phillip do an excellent job with press releases!! But, it sounds like either stores like Bob's don't receive them or choose to ignore them. Here's how I set my uncle straight...I just sent him step-by-step instructions for accessing the official Norfolk District Court information which clearly shows that Danbus was ONLY charged with Tresspassing. I told him to take that to Bob's with him this Saturday and start betting guns that Dan was NOT charged with Verbal Assault of a police officer. Are there other things we can do to prevent rumors like this from spreading or are rumors a natural result of situations like this?
I spoke to my uncle this afternoon and learned some slightly upsetting/disturbing information. He lives in Norfolk and told me that while at Bob's Guns on Saturday,he heard the "Real" story about Danbus's arrest after the city council meeting. I knew the way he put emphasis on the word "Real" that I was about to hear a doosie. Here he what he recounted (paraphrased):
According to several folks milling around and working inthe store and confirmed by an off-duty Norfolk officer, Danbus was arrested for verbal abuse of a police officer. After being stopped by the officer and told he couldn't open carry a weapon in Waterside, Danbus proceeded to unleash a tirade of curse words on the officer. These same folks indicated that he had done this before in Hampton when the police tried to arrest one of his neighborhood friends.The conversation then moved on to how Danbus wasn't doing anything to help Norfolk gun owners.
After taking a few seconds, I informed my uncle that the story he heard couldn't be further from the truth. I informed him that the only thing Danbus was cited for was Tresspassing and that he had never verbally assaulted any police officer in Norfolk or Hampton. For some reason, he puts a lot of stake into what the people at Bob's say and couldn't understand how I could have information contrary to what an "off-duty Norfolk officer" would have.
Now my question is, how do we (gunowners/VCDL/OCDO) keep local residents informed of the correct news? I think Mike/John/Phillip do an excellent job with press releases!! But, it sounds like either stores like Bob's don't receive them or choose to ignore them. Here's how I set my uncle straight...I just sent him step-by-step instructions for accessing the official Norfolk District Court information which clearly shows that Danbus was ONLY charged with Tresspassing. I told him to take that to Bob's with him this Saturday and start betting guns that Dan was NOT charged with Verbal Assault of a police officer. Are there other things we can do to prevent rumors like this from spreading or are rumors a natural result of situations like this?