......They have never moved, and I've been watching.

Shovelhead - you are funny dude. Thanks for that.

H.F.N. says "Remember - guns don/t kill people, bullets kill people."

This statement is incorrect.

I have a vault with several boxes of ammunition......not one single bullet has done a thing on its own yet.

I also have a magazine in my pistol that holds 8 rounds of ammunition. They have never moved, and I've been watching.

Guns and ammunition are tools, they are inanimate objects.................. It takes a person to pick up the weapon, load it with ammunition, point it at something, and pull the trigger.....Guns don't "Go Off" on their own, and bullets don't "fly" without human interaction.

shovelhead- funny comment - thanks.

Actually, you went one step too far. They don't need to outlaw the gasoline - by itself, pouring it on someone alone isn't a fatal threat so they only need to outlaw the lighter (or matches)

Remember - guns don/t kill people, bullets kill people.

If DC would outlaw the private posession of gasoline and lighters this could have been avoided.

Olizion and Pretty Boy - I wonder where you all live? No crime ever? Seems to me that crime is everywhere. Washington DC is a wonderful place and I would love to live there and I think the ones who live there are fortunate. I hope the bartender recovers and although I do not approve of bars/strip clubs I know they are every where and I think people who want to go to them should be safe and usually are as well as the workers. This is not an every day occurance here, thank God.

PB >>>I was down there several years ago On this you base your negative comments/opinions of DC currently? The city has improved a lot in many ways during recent years.

>>>and I was packing..

So you were emulating the drug dealers and car-jackers? Taking your weapons into some one else's town with the intention of using them on others if you choose? That's your role model?

Nice.

Spareme - Thanks for the info about the bouncers and security - since the security guys or bouncers didn't grap the arsonist after he set the bartender on fire, I had mistakenly assumed they weren't there. sorry.

I sure hope the bartender can recover from this and go on with his life.

Ok Olizion - you got me on the poor wording..

Let me try it this way While I have not been physically affected or impacted by any particular crime in my 20 years, I am intellectually and emotionally affected by any violent crime.

While I enjoy reading the exchange of ideas and comments on this and other such forums, I will also admit that I get tired of people who live in the allegedly safe suburbs consistently bashing all of DC with generalizations over any negative news item and making statements that suggest the entire city as being awful and worthy only of being wiped off the map.

Even with marathons, rallies or protest marchs and in spite of some crime, I love living here.

I know it isn?t perfect but what place is?

Dude if you want nudy pictures go on the internet there are plenty hardup women on there willing to show!!

CONUNDRUM: I agree. This, along with JP's across the street from Good Guys, is one of the few clean strip clubs (go figure) in the area. It is mostly caucasian patrons and dancers.

WOWZER: They have good bouncers and plenty of security (big dudes too). They even walk the ladies to their cars at the end of the night.

PRETTYBOY: You can't bash DC. I am a native and I refuse to be run out of my hometown!! This world is what is going downhill and fast!!!

You can go in, have drinks and unlike other clubs, not be fearful of the bumpy women on stage or the pervs sitting in the corners pleasuring themselves. I am suprised the entire club didn't burn down because it isn't that big. I hope the bartender is ok, just trying to make a days pay can turn deadly at any minutes.

One must think did all the media coverage of the young lady that got burn up by her crazy ex-boyfriend/ex-husband have anything to do with this nut getting the idea in his head?

PrettyBoy -- you say stay out of DC or die. Oh gee, I am so glad that there are no murders and crimes in MD, VA, PA, WVA, etc. You say you come "packing." The criminals come packing too. So what are you saying? I was born and raised in DC, and cannot think of another place I would rather live in. Nuts are everywhere. I hope they hurry up and find this guy -- he may be wearing gloves. They gave a description of him earlier. I'm glad the victim is stable because they reported they did not expect him to live through the night. Anyone that heartless to set someone on fire should be severly punished.

HarleyFan, I was born and raised in DC..35 years. I must commend you on your comment because there are some neighborhoods that are easier to walk through than others. But, dc crime spills everywhere unfortunately. I use to believe that Georgetown was extremely safe, especially with all the police presence, but it too has been plagued with violence for years. Some people just prefer to think of it as a "different" type of violence. Anyone who commits a crime against another is a thug in my opinion, be them black white or purple. I am happy the you have not been personally affected by any crime HarleyFan, but it personally affects me everytime I hear of senseless crime in this city.

I would much rather spend a little more on the price of my houise to live in my perfectly fine DC neighborhood than spend hours comuting every day to some allegedly safer suburb.

I've lived in DC for over 20 years and have yet to witness a single crime or be affected personally by any crime incident. And no, I'm not in some rich gated enclave. Just a typical street.

My life experience here tells me that I must respectfully disagree with Olizion - I have to wonder if you ever even visit DC neighborhoods or just base your opinions on hyped news crime stories and real estate lisitngs?

I live a few blocks from this business and it was years before I realized it wasn?t just another restaurant long that row of businesses. The seem to maintain a very low profile.

I can't see how this has caused or contributed to any deterioration in Georgetown....especially since it is more so in the Burleith/Glover Park neighborhoods being so far north of the Georgetown business areas.

"Police are calling it "assault with intent to kill."

You think! Sounds more like attempted murder and should carry the same consequences as if had succeeded in his attempt.

My thoughts are this... stay out of DC or die. It's really your choice. Go there and die or worry about living to get back to civilization. I know I shouldn't say this but.. I was down there several years ago and I was packing.. as the credit card slogan goes... "don't leave home without it"..

There are no nice neighborhoods in DC, just expensive ones. Crime is a problem in all 8 Wards.

Georgetown used to be a nice neighborhood. Too bad it is going downhill.

The punishment should fit the crime

This is a nice neighborhood - I wonder why the business appears to have had no securty on staff.

A lesson to learn - don't mess with horny drunks unless you have backup and defenses.