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Gun Sales Soar Among Asian-Americans After Virus-Related Attacks
近日美國受武漢肺炎入侵，激發美國人的反華情緒。洛杉磯的
華裔社區出現購買槍械熱潮，因為大家都恐慌被其他族群襲擊。
華裔社區出現購買槍械熱潮，因為大家都恐慌被其他族群襲擊。
The threat
of Covid-19 hate crimes across the country is surging this week as
Asian Americans in San Gabriel Valley, a region east of Los Angeles, are
loading up on weapons as concerns they could be targeted.
CBS Los Angeles reported
this week that gun sales among Asians are rising in San Gabriel Valley as they
believe the pandemic could trigger hate crimes against them.
David Liu, the owner of
Arcadia Firearm & Safety, said gun sales have jumped in the last two weeks
as the virus crisis worsens in California.
"Because of coronavirus,
a lot of people start to worry," Liu said.
CBS Los Angeles said there's a
high concentration of Asians near the Arcadia gun store. Liu said many of his
customers are stocking up on weapons because they fear they might be targeted
because of their ethnicity if a local virus outbreak is to occur.
"I do worry," said
Daniel Lim, who recently bought a gun and ammo for his wife at Arcadia.
Lim said he bought the gun to
defend his family amid fears the virus could crash the stock market and economy
and lead to massive social unrest where Asians would be targeted. "I hope
and pray it never happens," he said.
Lim isn't the only Asian
American in the community, thinking that a purge is coming if the virus crisis
gets out of hand. "We think it's the perfect time to get a weapon for
ourselves," said another Arcadia customer, Dirk Zhang, adding that his
wife would never allow a gun in the house until now.
"She's a little afraid of
the outbreak of the virus," he said.
We noted on Monday that
the first possible coronavirus-related hate crime in America, where an
Asian man was stabbed numerous times, all caught on camera, occurred on a
Brooklyn, New York street.
As confirmed virus cases are
expected to be in the thousands in the weeks ahead, coronavirus anxiety is
sweeping the country and could lead to social destabilization. Asians in
California are preparing for a purge, and they're now loading up on weapons as
hate crime fears increase.
