elanya

It's not as dangerous as you think. If this sort of thing - a group of armed thugs attacking a party - was anything but very unusual you wouldn't be so freaked out. So it's unusual. Which means you shouldn't worry about it. As you said, the suspects were picked up pretty quickly.

As to "how could this be allowed to happen?", well... it's not *allowed* to happen, really, but it *can* happen, since, you know, people can go places together and choose to start violence. There's little that can be done about that, in itself, but it really doesn't happen often.

I'm surprised Campus 5-0 are new to you. They're pretty standard. It doesn't mean the crime rate is high, by itself. U of A in Edmonton has campus 5-0 and it's a pretty safe place.

I don't know really what else to say, except that it seems like you're really overreacting strongly, by the tone of your post. Which I *totally* understand, but I hope it also doesn't last.