I wouldn't rush to call the VFW "dumb," nor is Sunday morning after dawn a bad time to be out.
Unfortunately, it's difficult to predict what will attract thugs or lunatics. In this case it seems to have been fighting over the name "Warlocks." I guess trademark law was too complicated for them.
BTW, gang names and colors are dangerous territory. I vaguely remember an incident where some kids in the Chicago area were calling themselves 26, which is the name of a vicious Mexican gang. The actual gang members became annoyed with "unauthorized" graffiti and administered some street justice.
- Jim