Good news is that they got some bad guns. Bad news is that it makes American into spies. In Communist Russia, no one could trust anyone, because they were trained as a society to turn in their neighbors.
However beautiful cocaine-central St. Pete is not a place to be caught without PPE in many neighborhoods. Think of it as Malibu crossed with Lagos, Nigeria. Until they get a "Frank Rizzo" type police chief who is not afraid to put teeth in the street in gang sweeps, the natives will run wild all too frequently. Been worse since The Hawaiian finagled the top Federal job.
If you're heeled, feel free to visit.