The shooting investigation seems to heading towards a gang hit. The folks that have been arrested so far are likely to have been the victims, but they were also well-armed (more details here). So, likely more folks out there that the police need to round up.
I'm feeling an opinion coming on - maybe even a letter-to-the editor.
I'm appalled by the entirely-too-casual attitude to arms of the Martin brothers and their friends - maybe inadvertently becoming the targets of passing shooters in the process.
But I'm also struck by how the Martin Brothers and their party did not intend to go inside the downtown nightclubs, but instead hang around immediately outside, likely to avoid close inspection of their arms in an area where security forces have a hard time effectively patrolling anyway.
I'm reminded of the shooting at the Flame Club in 2016:
It was getting close to last call early Saturday morning at Flame Club, a midtown dive bar known for its cheap drinks and understated vibe, when Diana Anderson and her friend Tanya Faison spotted trouble brewing.
Two men at the bar began raising their voices, then swinging their fists.
“Everybody get out!” a manager yelled, and dozens of people abandoned their beers and cocktails and poured out the door.
“As soon as we got outside, we heard gunshots,” Anderson said. Their first instinct was to leave. But as they ran from the bar at 16th and V, “something told me I needed to go back,” Anderson said. They returned to find two men lying on the ground, and one was not moving. Anderson, who said she has long been certified in CPR but had never had to use it in an emergency situation, stepped in.Similar situations in some ways: a distracting brawl near closing time, and an out-of-control situation outside, where security was absent.
Time to drop the hammer on ANYBODY in violation of ANY gun rules and regulations! That's the purpose of these laws. In Stand-Your-Ground states, they'd be back outside your nightclub next weekend.
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