What we know is that criminals are increasingly arrogant when it comes to firearms. In the past, criminals, particularly the heads of biker gangs, did not carry their weapons. They had them carried by bodyguards. It was the same for street gangs, who had their women carry them.
Today, this is no longer the case. One might think that it is because minimum sentences no longer scare them, but that is not the case. In fact, we have reached a point where criminals are becoming so arrogant that the use of firearms is becoming almost routine. To control their illegal activities or their territories, they resort to violence and firearms because their opponents also have them. This is the only way to establish power when one is part of a criminal organization, when violence is lord and master and when leaders are defined by their extreme violence in relation to others.