[SauronOfMordor]

An emergency worker said the two victims were lying side by side in the balcony, both with bullet wounds to the chest (most likely courtesy of the "security" guard).

They don't want private citizens having guns, but give them to incompetent security guards who fire into a crowded balcony trying to get the shooter from probably 25-50 yards away. Adequate marksmanship skills to hit a guy at that range are not cultivated by shooting a qualifier once per year

[Labyrinthos]

Adequate marksmanship skills to hit a guy at that range are not cultivated by shooting a qualifier once per year.

Absolutely, which is one of the reasons why NYC has such strict gun control laws I suspect. There are not a lot of places where the average law abiding working class person can go to practice, and the city is too darn busy and disorganized to enforce a certification/recertification program.