[Daffynition]

City Attorney Bernard Pishko said the city is not attempting to challenge the state law by imposing restrictions on handguns.

Pishko described the gun ban in the Harborfest ordinance as an oversight, a "housekeeping" issue. "This is one that we missed," he said.

Are they claiming ignorance of the law of the state of VA? Oh brother .............

[CometBaby]

The problem, is that these anti-gun nuts are used to pushing people around. It’s refreshing to see them getting pushed back.

[tgusa]

They are worried about guns in the proximity of free-flowing beer (sales of which Norfolk undoubtedly gets a cut). A better solution would be to triple the price of beer. This anti-gun ordinance sucks.

[tiger-one]

This was posted several days ago...nice guy me can’t find the link.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1868923/posts

Above URL is under different headline and has 320 replies.

[looscnnn]

This story only reinforces my feeling that they cops did not give this guy a chance to leave when they gave him the “choice”. I think that they intended to arrest him, did not intend to really give him a choice and were just CYA when they offered the “choice”.

[SampleMan]

I’ve been thinking about things conservatives can do in civil disobedience, and I think massive open carry rallies would be great.
Like the homosexuals descend on Disney, gun owners should descend on a certain place, like Colonial Williamsburg, the Mall in D.C., etc. (public places).
The police wouldn’t know what to do in places where open carry is prohibited.
It would be a great way of taking back our rights.

[MrB]

What is it the officials say?

“Ignorance of the law is no excuse”?

So, these police officers need to face some “unlawful arrest” charges.

[billbears]

He said he plans to file a lawsuit and have a "neutral court" decide whether police violated his rights.

And possibly see what kind of 'compensation' he can get.

I'm not doubting the legality of VA's law and fully agree with it. The case was rightly dismissed. Send him a letter of apology, ensure the police know the law, and go with that. But in earlier times this would have been the end of it. The police admit to making a mistake, the citizen is released, end of story. Today however, it's we need to sue because they 'violated' my rights...

[Still Thinking]

Another likely scenario is that while preparing rules for the event, they simply cut-and-pasted from an earlier event that had this rule. With the government, you don’t have to assume malice when incompetence will do.

[ObadiahLynch]

Who goes to a concert with a gun on his hip? Was he expecting to get beat up by a mandolin player?

[Mariebl]

Are they claiming ignorance of the law of the state of VA? Oh brother .............

The classic rule applying to civilians is that ignorance of the law is no defense. I'd hope it'd apply even more so to the police.

[George from New England]

I thought this might be a good place to post this question.

I’ve been storing ammo for years and it is not exactly in a climate controlled area. How do I know if it is still good or if too much moisture has seeped into the casings, etc. 6 years in a CT garage and a year in a FL garage.

Any pointers on what to look for upon examination? Yes. I know I can take it to the range and find out that way.

Please don’t fine me for ammo abuse!