RACINE - Normally inside Mechanix Auto Shop, repair is done on cars.

Saturday, it was done on a man's reputation.

Hubert Hoffman, a member of www.opencarry.org, organized a gathering to support Frank Hannan-Rock.

Most everyone there was openly carrying a firearm, which is legal in Wisconsin.

"You stand by your friends," Hoffman said. "Frank was, in my opinion harassed and detained unlawfully."

It all started Wednesday night when Racine Police were investigating a raccoon shooting in Hannan-Rock's neighborhood.

They noticed he was wearing a gun on his hip and asked him questions.

"I did nothing to provoke them," said Hannan-Rock.

His friends agree.

"They fixated on the fact that Frank had a gun and after that it was who was the biggest dog on the block," said Hoffman.

But police claim Hannan-Rock refused to give officers any information when they asked about the shooting, not his name or where he lived. So they arrested him for obstructing an officer.

"It kind of makes us wonder if this gentleman was trying to set us up as a police agency to see how we were going to react to the open carry situation," said Sergeant Bernie Kupper.

That's because police traced the 911 phone call back to Hannan-Rock's home. But his wife denies a set up.

"People upstairs called about the raccoon. It may have stemmed from our house but we have two separate phone lines," said Lee Hannan-Rock.

Hannon-Rock wouldn't talk to TODAY'S TMJ4-HD on camera at the gathering Saturday but his wife claims it's been tough for him since the arrest.

"He's not as calm as what he used to be," she said.

And that has his friends fired up, coming together for a guy who now is looking for an attorney. So far he hasn't found one but he says he'll fight the obstruction ticket.

Hannon-Rock's first court appearance on the obstruction charge is in October.