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Meet the new face of gun owners in the US: Asian Americans

Author:     Kyung Lah
Source:     CNN
Publication Date:     Mon February 20, 2023 | 9:21 PM EST
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Stephan:  

White supremacists are attacking Asian Americans with a dramatically increased frequency. So in America what is the response? Why, of course, Asian Americans are arming themselves.  I understand the response. What I don't understand is why Americans can't seem to understand that more guns only enrich weapons corporations and result in more death. The real problem is white supremacy and the Republican Party which is promoting it.

Kris He, left, and David Liu discuss a purchase at Liu’s gun store. Credit: Kyung Lah / CNN

The 22-year-old immigrant from mainland China walked past a Trump flag, past the rifles, and headed to the glass case displaying handguns. He didn’t grow up around guns, but after seeing the gun store’s website in Chinese, he hoped owner David Liu would answer some of his questions.

“I speak Mandarin and Cantonese. They can use their mother tongue and talk to me. I will try to explain to them about the law and about the safety of firearms,” said Liu.

Liu opened Arcadia Firearm & Safety in 2016, hoping to reach the growing Asian American population in the suburban sprawl east of Los Angeles. The store sits above a Chinese restaurant, just a few minutes’ drive from Monterey Park. The mass shooting in that majority-Asian community last month is the reason why He sought to get a gun license.

In the wake of the mass shootings in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay, […]

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