Beale Street is a big deal for entertainment in Memphis, a city with probably more crime on a per-capita basis than Chicago.
The Merchants association essentially owns the street when they are open for business.
It's a no gun zone, it's a no knife zone.
Guns and knives get in anyway, in spite of the wanding.
TN has no permit required for carry, and you can carry into bars as long as you are not drinking/drunk?
but not on Beale Street.
So there are problems, both on and off Beale Street.
https://bealestreet.com/
https://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/ArticleEmail.aspx?id=43407
https://wreg.com/news/local/gun-safe-memphis/memphis-police-blame-tn-gun-laws-after-beale-shooting/
https://bealestreet.com/visit/faq (curfew section)
https://www.wknofm.org/news-and-features/2009-06-19/no-guns-on-beale-street
https://web.archive.org/web/20230815153748/https://eu.commercialappeal.com/story/news/local/2023/08/15/im-hacked-off-mayor-jim-strickland-responds-to-downtown-shooting/70592086007/