moreluck
golden ticket member
Charlie was friends with music people (he thought)...Terry Melcher (Doris Day's son) and one of the Beach Boys. He was a kook and they tried to 'let him down' easily.Different time, different place. Charlie got himself invited in to that circle. Who knows? They may have had guns of their own without the opportunity to use them.
Charlie was not even good enough for the D-List people!!