I think Miguel and I are on the same page about this, machetes are horrific weapons.

A machete fight in New York City, the police slow to respond, and bodega owners scared shitless.  This is what de Blasio’s and Cuomo’s mismanagement of New York as wrought.

Of course, this can happen because bodega owners in New York are disarmed due to the hyper-restrictive gun laws in the city.

One of the things mentioned in this news story is the Safe Haven Bodega Program.

I had to look that up.  Apparently, the police thought it was a good idea to equip bodegas with better cameras, alarms, and magnetic door locks, because people being attacked will often duck into a bodega for safety, but the bodega doesn’t provide any.  So the idea is if someone is attacked and ducks into a bodega, the owner can push a button, lock the door from behind the counter, and set off alarms and record video of the attacker.

This costs bodega owners $4,000 instead of the city giving them to bodegas while expecting bodegas to act as public safety centers.

As a result, all this does is turn bodegas into machete fight arenas with owners caught in the middle.

No cops, no legally armed citizens, and bodega owners force into harm’s way.  Just another nail in the coffin for New York City.

Try having a machete fight in a bodega in Miami and you will find yourself ventilated by some old Cuban who is not going to put up with your shit.