Why? Did they tell the cops that he was waving it around or something? The police had guns too. Should everyone have freaked out about that?
It seems the police thought there was an actual gun involved so they came prepared for worst case.
Why did the tree cutters report there was a gun? Are they some level of stupid I can’t comprehend?
That’s why I am not slamming the cops on this one. They didn’t decide it was a gun tattoo and come running heavily armed anyway. They would not have known there was not a more dire situation happening until they got there.