In an earlier post about the hate crime attack on two gay men in Oak Lawn late Friday, one commenter noted that a performer headed into the Rainbow Lounge in Fort Worth was robbed at gunpoint the same night.
I have found a Fort Worth PD report on the incident. According to the report, which lists the offense location as the Rainbow Lounge’s address at 651 S. Jennings, says only that a police officer was dispatched to the address shortly after midnight (so technically, it was Saturday morning), and that the officer took a report from the victim who said he was robbed at gunpoint by two black male suspects.
Robert, the person who left the comment, told me that the victim was a regular drag performer at one of the Dallas bars, and that he had gone to Fort Worth to perform in a show at Rainbow Lounge. Robert said the victim had parked and was on his way into the bar when he was accosted and robbed.
I am trying to get in touch with the victim, and will update the story as soon as I get more information.
I’ll say it once again. We all need to get concealed handgun licenses! If you want my money you’ve gotta get past my bullets! BOOM BOOM POW!
Getting a concealed handgun license is a good idea except for one problem. Even though you go through the training, the class time, the range time, the back ground checks and the psychological assessment..(and hopefully pass it).. you still cannot carry your firearm into a bar. I believe these two people that were robbed were headed to a night club on foot. If they were armed they wouldn’t have been able to legally enter the club. Since they were on foot, they wouldn’t have a place to safely secure their firearms either. It is more important to avoid risky situations in the first place. Walking around Oak Lawn or anywhere else in Dallas in the middle of the night is not a very safe thing to do, armed or not.