Being on the road a lot, big cities, small towns, out and about at a variety of establishments at all hours of the night as well as after closing time, you have to assume a good percentage of the folks are carrying. Whether it's heat or a sap, knife, it's part of the scene. What you don't want to do is get in the middle of a situation.. Leads to clumps of hair, lots of scurrying, and such.. Stitches are the best, holes the worst.. Absolute best is none of the above.. Bleeding all over a new shirt is the pits.. Going to the ER, good if it's handy, better if it's not you... Pool cues are good things, but also considered a deadly weapon, so a barstool works out better, if there's time to think about it..
Been times when heat was passed to be hidden, other times a little auto falls out of a shirt pocket up on stage.. Oops..
It's another world, mostly peaceful, and really the vast majority are just good folks having a good time, no conflicts.. When drugs became more common, some of that changed, best stay out of the worst areas, depend on locals to forewarn.. Then again, maybe that was their word, so dive in, have fun! Carefully...
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