We're the Only Ones with the Munchies Enough

No other description is possible but that these are the actions of armed, violent criminals, who deserve to be dealt with accordingly.

The thing is, proprietors and patrons, for the most part -- with some notable exceptions -- probably consider themselves "progressive." That includes the belief that the state must maintain a monopoly of violence and that the true egalitarian power sharing of an armed citizenry is something to be ridiculed and eradicated.

Yeah, you'd have to be stoned to believe that.  Far out, man.