Although these people outnumbered their rivals and had better equipment than the Whirlpool Gang had back then, with many outfitted in full Muramasa gear, the ones who could actually coordinate tactically like the Whirlpool Gang were the exception.
Most of those who came up in the streets were jobless vagrants who existed outside the system, non-citizens who had never received military training. Although they turned brutal on the streets, like heartless beasts, most were lone wolves, seldom cooperating.
Once they realized they were being attacked from all sides, with gunfire coming from front, back, left, and right, they'd just lash out and rush around blindly, quickly collapsing under the overwhelming crossfire, transforming from heartless beasts to scared chickens and stray dogs, abandoning their comrades and scattering like headless flies.