So we have 5 dead people shot in a bar with 6 more wounded here in CA tonight

[ZonkerHarris]

ex LEO argued with his wife and shot her dead in the bar.
Then the bullets started flying
Booze and guns are always a good combo right?
It was Wednesday Spaghetti Night so time to die for wanting a nice meal.
Fucking America
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-23/as-many-as-10-shot-at-famed-cooks-corner-biker-bar-in-orange-county

[Grumpy Old Guy]

1. Another "good guy with a gun!"

Shaking my damn head!

[oswaldactedalone]

2. Biker bar

Sad, but not surprising.

[ZonkerHarris]

4. I mean how many guns could have been in a busy biker bar after all? Only a few dozen or so...

[stopdiggin]

5. that sprang out at me too.

was this a 'cop hang' - or a place that the ex had migrated to .. ?
(and in the end - maybe it makes not the slightest bit of difference)

[tenderfoot]

3. Cook's Corner biker bar in Orange County

[usonian]

6. Archived if you get paywalled.

https://archive.md/bueq8

[nini]

7. I used to drive by that bar

My cousin lives in the area. It was always crowded and looked like a bunch of trashy idiots hung out there. I am not one bit surprised to hear this.

[Old Crank]

8. According to reports

Many good guys with guns present.
This must be a red flag operation because we all know, and have beed told for years, that an armed society is a polite society....... Ha!
Be interesting to see who got hit by whose flying lead.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

9. Hooray! Another day in America.

Forgive my sarcasm, but why should we ever be surprised at yet another gun death? It's sort of like being surprised when the sun rises in the east.

[Warpy]

10. Without the guns

(Note this is specific to a biker hangout)

Ex LEO who's still twitchy as hell arguing with the wife, gets physical. Other patrons object and intervene. LEO guy gets beaten bloody, then they all swear undying love for each other (drunk men are weird like that). LEO wife pops out through the back door, calls a cab, goes to a motel, and files for divorce the next day because she knows the names of people in that bar who can be called as witnesses.

Much happier ending than bringing that fucking gun into a bar and restaurant and killing 5 people.

[C Moon]

11. Very well stated. Fuck guns.

[Celerity]

12. +1

[Celerity]

13. Another day in gun humping 'Murica. The 2nd Amendment is a national suicide pact.

[Bluesaph]

14. I love this place.

It’s not a biker club bar. It’s just a bar where people who motorcycle on the highway pull over to have a beer and a burger. It isn’t trashy. I mean some might be trashy but the majority aren’t. I’ve hung out there a couple of times when we used it as our meeting spot after a ride. This makes me so sad. I freaking hate guns.