Here is an article on some "men". I use that word loosely, because these guys have no characteristics of a real man. Real men risk their lives to ensure the safety of women and children, but some of these guys were randomly shooting in a crowded place, totally unconcerned about the safety of others.
Just looking at the picture, I can't help but shake my head in sadness and disbelief. These are grown men, some of them look elderly! Could you imagine that being your father or grandfather?! These men even have "clubhouses". I haven't had one of those since I was 8 years old. I guess that is the difference, though. Most of us grew up because we had direction in our lives, or at least a man there to help us find that direction - I would bet these guys didn't have the benefit of that. This actually makes me feel sorry for them and chalk their reckless, childish behaviour up to ignorance.
This shows the importance of real fatherhood. William Pollock did a study of California gang members and found that not one single one of them had a positive male role model at home. Zero. That is more than co-incidence. Let's remember that when it comes time to hang out with our kids. Let's build them a clubhouse now, so they won't feel the need to join one when they are grown up!Hell's Angels, please sit down.
Hell's Angels boss killed in casino gunfight between rival gangs during Nevada biker event
Sunday, September 25th 2011, 2:04 PM
Reno Gazette-Journal/AP
Officers keep detained several bikers at John Ascuaga's Nugget casino in Sparks, Nev., after a shooting that killed a Hell's Angels leader and wounded two others. Jeffrey "Jethro" Pettigrew, 51, the chief of the biker gang's San Jose chapter, was killed in the casino mayhem while two members of Vagos motorcycle club were wounded.
Leonard Ramirez, 45, was shot in the stomach, and Diego Garcia, 28, was hit in the leg.
Both were reported to be in stable condition at a hospital in Reno. Security was tightened at the hospital to protect the men's safety.
The violence forced the city's mayor to declare a state of emergency and pull the plug on the annual Street Vibrations festival, an annual week-long festival that brings tens of thousands of bikers rumbling into Reno, Sparks and Virginia City every year.
"After the retaliation, it's just too tense of a situation," he said. "It's hard to say what's going to happen. It's just not worth the chance."
One Hell's Angel, Cesar Villagrana, 36, was arrested in connection with the casino brawl.
Sparks police said video surveillance showed the burly biker firing wildly into a crowd, sending terrified gamblers diving under card tables for cover.
Cops said they weren't sure if he hit anyone.
The second shooting occurred at 10:49 a.m. on Saturday.
The unidentified biker was riding down a street near a square that served as the center of the festival when he was shot in the stomach by a gunman riding in a black BMW with tinted windows, witnesses and police said.
His name and location were not released for his own protection, cops said.
Investigators in Sparks haven't linked the two incidents, but Martini told the Reno Gazette-Journal that the second attack was "definitely" revenge.
Witnesses said the incident at the Nugget after a fistfight broke out among Hell's Angels and Vagos members.
Joe Franco, of Reno, told the Reno Gazette-Journal he saw a Hells Angel member pull a pistol after getting punched in the face.
"He was down with the bloody nose, gets up and pulls out the gun, and that's the first shot," Franco told the paper.
The casino was evacuated and locked down on Saturday, but has since reopened
