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In my social circle (mostly Asian tech employees in the PNW) there were many first-time gun purchases immediately after the social unrest in 2020. Hysterical so
by qwerpy 11mo ago
In my social circle (mostly Asian tech employees in the PNW) there were many first-time gun purchases immediately after the social unrest in 2020. Hysterical social media posts about "the riots are going to come to the suburbs" factored into it. The fears ended up being completely overblown.
Now there are different groups of people who are predicting violence and feeling the need to do something about it. Too early to tell whether the fears are overblown this time around as well.
In any case, I hope all first-time gun owners properly train with them and secure their guns at home. I wouldn't be surprised if the main outcome of both of these clusters of gun buying is not actual defense against the feared threats, but that guns get stolen and used for crimes.
- RickJWagner 11mo agoThe rooftop Koreans were awesome. Modern day cowboys.
- deadbolt 11mo agoDidn't they end up only killing other Koreans?
- defrost 11mo agoUnlikely (almost all the "rooftop koreans" had national service training in Korea) and unreported (that I could find) In the end, Chang said not a single person was shot and killed by the Korean shop owners — just warning shots to chase away potential looters and arsonists. ~ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/roof-koreans-meme-know-real-story_n_5ee110a1c5b6d5bafa5604f3 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/roof-koreans-meme-know-real-s... Also, wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooftop_Koreans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooftop_Koreans
- pixxel 11mo ago[dead]