CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – Bryan Page has seen the cycles of violence eat away at the Charlottesville community for 30 years. As he said guns go into younger and younger hands, he is fed up.
“I have personally gotten calls or seen elderly people in the community that are scared to leave their house. Kids are scared to come outside and play,” Page said. “This is the reality of Charlottesville right now.”
Page is part of the Central Virginia Violence Interrupters, a nonprofit that works within its communities to stop gun violence. Sometimes, Page said, that even means taking the gun from the assailants hands…