Anti-Asian Violence Driving Asian Surge In Buying Guns

[livingston]

Anti-Asian Violence Driving Asian Surge In Buying Guns

For some reason, there’s been an uptick in anti-Asian violence. I know they say it’s supposedly people lashing out about COVID, but that’s absolutely ridiculous. First, not every Asian is Chinese. Second, even if they were, Asian-Americans aren’t responsible for the failures of the Chinese government.



Because of this uptick in violence against Asians, a lot of Asian-Americans are doing the smart thing. They’re arming up.


After months of rising anti-Asian hatred, many others like Kim are having a change of heart about firearms. Tired of relying on bystanders for aid that sometimes never comes, more Asian Americans are bucking entrenched cultural perceptions of guns and overcoming language barriers to help fuel a spike in U.S. gun ownership. While there is no official data on firearm purchases by Asian Americans, a survey by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) indicated that Asian Americans bought 42% more firearms and ammunition in the first six months of 2020 than they did in the same timeframe the year before. At Jimmy’s Sportshop in Mineola, N.Y., where guns and pepper spray have been flying off the shelves since the pandemic, gun purchases by Asian buyers have surged 100% due to recent fears of attacks, according to Jimmy Gong and Jay Zeng, the shop’s Chinese-American owners.

Anti-Asian Violence Driving Asian Surge In Buying Guns

For some reason, there’s been an uptick in anti-Asian violence. I know they say it’s supposedly people lashing out about COVID, but that’s absolutely ridiculous. First, not every Asi...

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[Celt]

Racially motivated attacks are simply based on ignorance regardless of the races involved. But glad more people are exercising their rights, i just hope they stop driving up the cost of ammo.

 

[FP1201]

Good for them!
As rural as we are, seldom are such things a problem up here.

We had a couple very obviously Chinese College Students want to buy a couple .22 Rifles.
With no experience, we took time to teach them safety, operation, and basic marksmanship, and despite language barriers we got through it without any issues, passed their NICS Checks and away they went.

Some survival "experts" suggested keeping .22 Rifles for training, bartering, and arming beginners, and their reasoning was despite the .22's lethality, if they turned on you or there was a negligent discharge you weren't as likely to be killed.

 

[spat]

Good for them!
As rural as we are, seldom are such things a problem up here.

We had a couple very obviously Chinese College Students want to buy a couple .22 Rifles.
With no experience, we took time to teach them safety, operation, and basic marksmanship, and despite language barriers we got through it without any issues, passed their NICS Checks and away they went.

Some survival "experts" suggested keeping .22 Rifles for training, bartering, and arming beginners, and their reasoning was despite the .22's lethality, if they turned on you or there was a negligent discharge you weren't as likely to be killed.

The lethality of a .22 would be much higher in an extended SHTF scenerio.

A wound that is easily recoverable now could have a high probability of being fatal without access to proper medical treatment.

A .22 to the foot might not kill you quickly, but you might end up room temperature in a few weeks anyway. If not from infection, maybe from just not being able to run when you really needed to.

 

[Podmonkey]

There is not an "uptick in anti-asian violence".
There is an uptick in crime and violence across tge board. Asian Americans subjected to violent crime as a percentage remains consistent with past values. The dirty secret is Asians have traditionally been preyed upon by criminals, overwhelmingly by non-whites, for 3 reasons:

1 Asian immigrants often initially settle in and set up businesses in lower cost, higher crime urban areas.

2 Asians are often perceived as easy targets.

3 it is a known phenomenon that the traditional residential group of downtown/inner urban areas, thartbeing blacks, often take exception and are prejudiced against any ethnic group that is perceived to be moving in to the area. The perception is that incoming immigrants represent unwanted competition for jobs, housing and services in areas where such is already at a premium.

I am not not have I been a gated community, exclusively white community dweller. I am blue collar, a working man, a trucker. I have been all though the downtown and industrial areas. I work and come into contact with all kinds and types for all my adult life. I know what I see and what I hear. I can personally attest to tge above, and also how things really work in the world.
In fact the Chinese woman I had been seeing a few years ago was shot through the leg while at a Korean restaurant. One of the waitresses was shot in the spine. The perpetrators were two black gang bangers whom purposely targeted thar restaurant for tge reasons listed above.
The media wants to frame this as a "white supremacist" narrative. That however is bullshit.

 

[pshift]

Agreed. It is all BS. I have several personal friends of different ethnicities. They will tell you about perceptions. Asians are seen as meek and non-threatening, therefore they will not fight back. I'm glad that the things that used to divide us are actually making us stronger as a nation and that good people of all nationalities are willing to work together towards arming themselves against those who would do them harm. As long as the laws (as they exist) are followed, "no problemo!"

 

[Blimey]

There is not an "uptick in anti-asian violence".
There is an uptick in crime and violence across tge board. Asian Americans subjected to violent crime as a percentage remains consistent with past values. The dirty secret is Asians have traditionally been preyed upon by criminals, overwhelmingly by non-whites, for 3 reasons:

Are you sure? I'm not disagreeing, as it does make sense. Crime is up across the board. I am also absolutely positive that, even if anti-asian crime is net-up vs other kinds, it's not nearly so far up as the media would have us believe. Only a tiny number of people think an asian in the usa could possibly have anything to do with covid.

The media wants to frame this as a "white supremacist" narrative. That however is bullshit.

It is absolutely bullshit. Watch the videos.

https://twitter.com/NYPDHateCrimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

 

[Podmonkey]

Are you sure? I'm not disagreeing, as it does make sense. Crime is up across the board. I am also absolutely positive that, even if anti-asian crime is net-up vs other kinds, it's not nearly so far up as the media would have us believe. Only a tiny number of people think an asian in the usa could possibly have anything to do with covid.
It is absolutely bullshit. Watch the videos.

https://twitter.com/NYPDHateCrimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

I am absolutely sure. Like I say, I travel in many circles, I hear what would be considered by most to be incredibly anti-asian invectives coming from black individuals, some of whom I consider to be friends. Black neighborhoods DO NOT like other "minorities" in their communities. That of course is a generalization and as such does not apply blanket fashion to every person.
If people want to point to an era of mass Asian discrimination n this country they should look back to the "gilded" era. The days of oil barons and railroad tycoons. The mass waves of Chinese immigrants in those days saw discrimination and violence the likes of which today's society couldn't fathom.

 

[Carlos Hathcock]

Those who know how to work hard for a living, and prove it, cast unwanted lighting on a situation.

 

[Saltwater60]

Good. We need these people on our side. They are intelligent, hardworking, and diligent.

 

[fresch]

Black on yellow crime?
Yes I used the Y word.

 

[Podmonkey]

Black on yellow crime?
Yes I used the Y word.

It's a bumblebee world out there.

 

[pshift]

I know a few 'African Americans' that I know personally complain to me about the situation with Asians in years past. The story goes like this:

"They are opening up fruit stands and stores all over the place", etc. Meanwhile, I ask those complainers, "Where is YOUR business and what are YOUR plans to do more for yourself?" I always get the silent stare. That speaks volumes. This is NOT to paint a picture of any particular ethnicity but as individuals go, you have NO RIGHT TO COMPLAIN if you are a part of the problem and I despise people who hurl invectives against others while doing nothing about their own situation or making things worse for others.