If I have to go to a place where gunshoot, then I definitely won't go there alone. I won't go there at all, or I'll hire security. The best way would be to find a local authority (band) and agree (pay) with him for a safe walk. If the local authority gives the go-ahead for a safe walk, then it really will be the safest that no hooligans will touch.
But I have my own ways of influencing people.