http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-headlines-chinese-gun-store-20161228-story.html
As many members here have stated, it's important for us as gun owners and 2A/COTUS supporters to welcome and educate as many folks from different backgrounds as we can--and more importantly, set them in the right direction, so we don't end up with Fudds (what do you call Chinese Fudds? Fungs?):
As a whole, I think Asians need to wake up and quit voting for and supporting Democrat/liberal SJW types. It may be because most Asians in America live in Dem controlled hellholes like CA, NY, NJ etc., but they don't realize that the Dems/liberals hate them. I understand how a good portion of Blacks and Latinos were duped into supporting Dems/libs via lofty promises of free shit and sanctuary city nonsense respectively, but Dems actively work to shit on Asians institutionally via policies like affirmative action and EOE, which take away college/job positions from Asian applicants to give to lesser qualified Black and Latino applicants. Then you have SJW/liberal types like Chris Rock and Amy Schumer who whine about "Oscars so White" and the need for diverse roles in Hollywood then proceed to shit on Asians with anti-Asian jokes and epithets, and refuse to cast Asians in movie roles unless they're for a cardboard cut-out stereotype character. And yet so many Asians continue to support and vote for these ****s. Talk about some serious stockholm syndrome, if you can call it that.
[At Gun Effects, Chinese buyers have shown up in droves to buy the store’s stock of soon-to-be restricted firearms.
Kai Kang, 48, of Irvine, lined up to purchase a scope for one of his guns. He remembers being curious about owning a gun when he came to America about a decade ago. In China he was in the military, but he never thought about owning a gun for his personal use.
Once he had his green card, he decided to try it out. Gun collecting eventually became a hobby. He goes to shooting ranges with his friends and keeps guns in his house for protection.
“I have short guns, long guns, handguns, AR-15s, rifles. I bought one, then I just kept buying more,” Kang said.
Gun Effects’ popularity with Chinese customers could have something to do with its Chinese ownership and bilingual services. The store’s owner, Dennis Lin, was born in Guangdong, China, to a dim sum chef and his wife. He came to the U.S. when he was 3 years old.
Lin, 29, grew up playing with airsoft guns and started a business selling gun accessories online after graduating from college. When the business grew, he opened a store.
Business was slow at first. He placed online advertisements, but they failed to increase demand. Still, about a year ago, Chinese customers began to show up in large numbers.
“I don’t even know how this happened, really,” Lin said. “In the past, most of our business has been with non-Chinese customers.”
Now about 40 percent of customers are Chinese, Lin said. He hired two Chinese-speaking employees and ramped up his study of Mandarin. He also travels to China several times a year to learn more about Chinese culture, which he never had much connection to as a kid.
In China, he’s careful never to say that he sells guns for a living.
“They do get nervous,” Lin said. “It’s like a taboo.”
Chinese customers often have questions about legality and safety, said Queenie Yang, one of the store’s Chinese-speaking employees. And many of them need time to get comfortable with even holding a gun.
One Chinese customer new to the country started shaking when he held a gun for the first time, Lin said. When he handed the gun back to Lin, it was soaked with sweat.
“I just tell them don’t be scared. It’s legal here,” Lin said.
As many members here have stated, it's important for us as gun owners and 2A/COTUS supporters to welcome and educate as many folks from different backgrounds as we can--and more importantly, set them in the right direction, so we don't end up with Fudds (what do you call Chinese Fudds? Fungs?):
Gao’s stance mirrors national trends. Asian Americans have the lowest rates of gun ownership among all demographic groups, according to exit polls conducted during the 2008 presidential election. And a 2016 survey of Asian American registered voters by APIAVote found that 77 percent wanted stricter gun control laws. Even Gao said he wouldn’t support legalizing private gun ownership in China.
Jason He, another Chinese customer, agreed. He thinks it would be unwise for China to legalize private gun ownership, and expressed support for California’s new assault weapon restrictions.
As a whole, I think Asians need to wake up and quit voting for and supporting Democrat/liberal SJW types. It may be because most Asians in America live in Dem controlled hellholes like CA, NY, NJ etc., but they don't realize that the Dems/liberals hate them. I understand how a good portion of Blacks and Latinos were duped into supporting Dems/libs via lofty promises of free shit and sanctuary city nonsense respectively, but Dems actively work to shit on Asians institutionally via policies like affirmative action and EOE, which take away college/job positions from Asian applicants to give to lesser qualified Black and Latino applicants. Then you have SJW/liberal types like Chris Rock and Amy Schumer who whine about "Oscars so White" and the need for diverse roles in Hollywood then proceed to shit on Asians with anti-Asian jokes and epithets, and refuse to cast Asians in movie roles unless they're for a cardboard cut-out stereotype character. And yet so many Asians continue to support and vote for these ****s. Talk about some serious stockholm syndrome, if you can call it that.
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