Asian Americans are buying guns in record numbers. What's caused this surge?

[livingston]

Asian Americans are buying guns in record numbers. What's caused this surge?​

More than 5 million people became first-time owners during the pandemic as gun sales to the community rose by about 43%​

by Claire Wang in Los Angeles Tue 16 Aug 2022​

Vivian Moon, a real estate agent and artist, had never felt particularly afraid as a woman living alone in Buena Park, a small California city outside Los Angeles. But when violent attacks against Asian women and seniors increased across the US early last year, she became disillusioned with the police’s ability – and willingness – to protect people who looked like her.

So, like many other Americans of Asian descent, she decided to buy a gun. “I realized I have to take ownership of how I want to live my life,” said Moon, 33.


In the year since, Moon said she’s made an effort to reach out and teach her friends, many of whom are women of color, about gun safety. As a Korean woman who grew up in the 1990s, Moon is also inspired by the legacy of the Los Angeles uprising and the armed Korean immigrants who defended their businesses on rooftops when riots broke out in South Central. “Back then Korean Americans took a stand and took their safety into their own hands,” she said.
Asian Americans who experienced or witnessed increased acts of racism at the start of the pandemic were more likely to buy firearms for self-defense, according to a new peer-reviewed study from the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University. More than half of those who purchased a gun are first-time owners.

Asian Americans are buying guns in record numbers. What’s caused this surge?

More than five million people became first-time gun owners during the pandemic as gun sales to the community rose by about 43%

www.theguardian.com

 

[dwa12479]

White Supremecay is clearly the culprit.

 

[thegatman]

Good for them.

 

[ronstar]

I think all POCs and Liberal/Progressives should buy a rifle of shotgun.

 

[Saltwater60]

I think all POCs and Liberal/Progressives should buy a rifle of shotgun.

Why to fight government overreach? I can tell you us conservatives and especially those on this board praise this action taken by Asian Americans and any POC. Remember the left doesn’t like Asian Americans because they are successful and don’t have the same issues as other POC do. They broke the mold and the left doesn’t like it. It shows POC can be successful, the American dream is still alive, and they don’t need the governments help to do this.

 

[meketrefe]

Maybe they should cross check those purchases with long ladders that can get to roof tops.

 

[That_FNG]

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

Bring on the rooftop Koreans. Need as many as we can get.

We're all on the same side.

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

 

[Phazer]

Ummm....because they're AMERICANS. That's why.

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

I think all POCs and Liberal/Progressives should buy a rifle of shotgun.

No. Antifa absolutely 1000% should not be buying guns. Do not pass go. Do not buy guns. Its going to end terribly.




But Mark Robinson, hell yea he can be my neighbor and friend. (Yes I know he's now the lt. Gov of NC)

 

[Phazer]

But Mark Robinson, hell yea he can be my neighbor and friend. (Yes I know he's now the lt. Gov of NC)

Gotta love Lt. Gov Robinson!

 

[lrick]

I think all POCs and Liberal/Progressives should buy a rifle of shotgun.

Dude. #WalkAway

You can do it. He did.

 

[ManualF150]

This ain't anything new.

 

[tirwin1]

I think all POCs and Liberal/Progressives should buy a rifle of shotgun.

...and look down the barrel with their finger on the trigger lol.

 

[meketrefe]

It is not just about the 2nd amendment.
We do have it but if we didn't have it it would not matter.
A person has the natural right to be able to defend his/her life against a deadly thread.
This is a pretty fundamental human right like having access to water, air, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, etc...

It doesn't matter what anyone thinks about this. It is a right like all the others, end of the story.

I think as a society we should be able to figure out easily if someone doesn't have the mental or phisical capacity to handle a gun same way they might want to handle something else who could kill them or others.. Because I say I can do whatever I want it doesn't mean I don't have to pass a series of tests to pilot an airplane or a large ship.
Furthermore I think people with mental issues should have a place they can check in and not being judged by society. Instead we put them in the penal system and look the other way or they are roaming the streets or planning the next slaughter/crime that is even worse.

 

[Deplorable Me]

Hope they vote to preserve their freedoms.

 

[spat]

Asian Americans are buying guns in record numbers. What's caused this surge?​

More than 5 million people became first-time owners during the pandemic as gun sales to the community rose by about 43%​

by Claire Wang in Los Angeles Tue 16 Aug 2022​

Vivian Moon, a real estate agent and artist, had never felt particularly afraid as a woman living alone in Buena Park, a small California city outside Los Angeles. But when violent attacks against Asian women and seniors increased across the US early last year, she became disillusioned with the police’s ability – and willingness – to protect people who looked like her.

So, like many other Americans of Asian descent, she decided to buy a gun. “I realized I have to take ownership of how I want to live my life,” said Moon, 33.


In the year since, Moon said she’s made an effort to reach out and teach her friends, many of whom are women of color, about gun safety. As a Korean woman who grew up in the 1990s, Moon is also inspired by the legacy of the Los Angeles uprising and the armed Korean immigrants who defended their businesses on rooftops when riots broke out in South Central. “Back then Korean Americans took a stand and took their safety into their own hands,” she said.
Asian Americans who experienced or witnessed increased acts of racism at the start of the pandemic were more likely to buy firearms for self-defense, according to a new peer-reviewed study from the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University. More than half of those who purchased a gun are first-time owners.

Asian Americans are buying guns in record numbers. What’s caused this surge?

More than five million people became first-time gun owners during the pandemic as gun sales to the community rose by about 43%

www.theguardian.com

Asian Americans aren't stupid. They see what's coming too.

And they are also frequent victims of "reverse discrimination".

 

[spat]

I think all POCs and Liberal/Progressives should buy a rifle of shotgun.

You're half right...

 

[Parzival]

They already know China asshoe.

 

[spat]

It is not just about the 2nd amendment.
We do have it but if we didn't have it it would not matter.
A person has the natural right to be able to defend his/her life against a deadly thread.
This is a pretty fundamental human right like having access to water, air, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, etc...

It doesn't matter what anyone thinks about this. It is a right like all the others, end of the story.

I think as a society we should be able to figure out easily if someone doesn't have the mental or phisical capacity to handle a gun same way they might want to handle something else who could kill them or others.. Because I say I can do whatever I want it doesn't mean I don't have to pass a series of tests to pilot an airplane or a large ship.
Furthermore I think people with mental issues should have a place they can check in and not being judged by society. Instead we put them in the penal system and look the other way or they are roaming the streets or planning the next slaughter/crime that is even worse.

The 2A doesn't give you the RKBA, but it is a powerful weapon to protect it that most of the world doesn't have.

 

[ronstar]

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exactly!!!!!

 

[Far king]

Why to fight government overreach? I can tell you us conservatives and especially those on this board praise this action taken by Asian Americans and any POC. Remember the left doesn’t like Asian Americans because they are successful and don’t have the same issues as other POC do. They broke the mold and the left doesn’t like it. It shows POC can be successful, the American dream is still alive, and they don’t need the governments help to do this.

The woke wankers refer to Asians as “ white adjacent “

 

[Phazer]

The woke wankers refer to Asians as “ white adjacent “

WTF? The woke crazies think that they own the language and that they can change it at will to force history into their warped paradigm.

 

[Far king]

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By Democrats.

 

[Far king]

Dude. #WalkAway

You can do it. He did.

Absolutely brilliant this man spells it
all out. this should be required viewing in all institutions of higher learning.

 

[Far king]

The 2A doesn't give you the RKBA, but it is a powerful weapon to protect it that most of the world doesn't have

Bring on the rooftop Koreans. Need as many as we can get.

We're all on the same side.

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Bring on the rooftop Koreans. Need as many as we can get.

We're all on the same side.

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A formidable force. One hell of a fighting position!

 

[GOPerfect]

This actually has little to do with Asians love of the Second Amendment. With or without the 2nd, I think they would still be buying in masses.

They, as a people in the US, are scared. They are being persecuted, attacked and assaulted in very high numbers across the fruited plains.

They have and they understand history very well, they appear to have a good handle on and an a great understanding of what is coming.

This is all about their own personal wellbeing. I hear the same is occurring in Canada.

 

[spat]

This actually has little to do with Asians love of the Second Amendment. With or without the 2nd, I think they would still be buying in masses.

They, as a people in the US, are scared. They are being persecuted, attacked and assaulted in very high numbers across the fruited plains.

They have and they understand history very well, they appear to have a good handle on and an a great understanding of what is coming.

This is all about their own personal wellbeing. I hear the same is occurring in Canada.

They should be scared.

The racist left sees Asians as "the other white meat".

 

[22Cool]

Asian Americans are buying guns in record numbers. What's caused this surge?​

I think it's me.