Yeah, heard it this morning on the news, and thought exactly what HotRodZilla said: somebody's been watching too much Sons of Anarchy. Whip out a firearm in a public place and you deserve everything you get, including death. Even if it's the electric chair 3 years later.
Don't have a lot of sympathy for idiots exhibiting idiotic behavior.
As for Sturgis, don't the 1%er clubs claim specific bars as their home turf? Do they make those claims known to 99%ers?
I'm not sure, the Hell's Angles have a "Clubhouse" right off of Main St in Sturgis. They frequent "One-Eyed-Jack's" which is right around the corner from their House and quite close to the Sturgis PD and Meade County Sheriff's HQ, in fact right between the two. There is an upstairs bar that is apparently usually filled with HA.
I'm not sure about the other patch clubs ant their hangouts. I know that there is quite a Federal and State presence monitoring the various "Gang" activities and they don't usually take much crap off of the 1% bunch. There have been stabbings and shootings in the past, the latest was a shootout between the HA and siome other group down in Custer State Park.
Suffice to say there will be a bigger LEO presence than normal due to the expected size of this years Rally, there will likely now be an even larger presence due to the Waco disturbance.
I don't normally carry, may have to rethink that this August, but I'd rather not get caught in the crossfire, A damn 1911 is hard to conceal when wearing jeans and a tee shirt.
"He who learns to run away early lives to see another day" or something like that.