You have never been to the bad neighborhoods of Brooklyn have you? A gun shot could draw little or no attention there. Plus they might have then shot the daughter or taken her to another location.
The thugs let him go so his best odds of helping her was leaving and calling for help. It is not “manly” to reduce your daughter’s chances so you can feel “tough” and better about yourself.
You have your ways, I have mine. The truth is I wouldn’t have put my daughters in that situation.
That is absolutely true. In bad neighborhoods of Brooklyn or Queens, there is no law. There is only what people think they can get away with. I don't go to bad neighborhoods at night. Bad enough I have to enter bad neighborhoods to work at their schools full of thugs during the day. If I had a nickel for every threat I've received from these thugs masquerading as students, I'd exceed the current lottery winnings.