"Tyler Chang has a new baby, a new home in Diamond Bar, and the instinct to protect both in the age of coronavirus.
That's how the computer programmer wound up in a City of Industry gun shop for the first time, staring at rows of shotguns lining the walls. Rap metal blared from the speakers as Chang, who is from China, imagined his nightmare scenario: A pandemic forces company shutdowns and leads to mass unemployment.
"People won't have money, and they won't be able to eat," Chang, 28, said in Mandarin. "And if they don't have food, they'll have to steal."
Because of its large Chinese clientele, Gun Effects in the City of Industry uses bilingual signs.
There could be riots, he said, forcing him to fend off intruders. Chang said he knows it sounds unlikely but it's important to prepare.
His friend Derek Zhao who accompanied him, nodded: "You remember 1992? The riots in Los Angeles?"
https://laist.com/2020/03/10/coronavirus-fears-chinese-immigrants-guns.php
That's how the computer programmer wound up in a City of Industry gun shop for the first time, staring at rows of shotguns lining the walls. Rap metal blared from the speakers as Chang, who is from China, imagined his nightmare scenario: A pandemic forces company shutdowns and leads to mass unemployment.
"People won't have money, and they won't be able to eat," Chang, 28, said in Mandarin. "And if they don't have food, they'll have to steal."
Because of its large Chinese clientele, Gun Effects in the City of Industry uses bilingual signs.
There could be riots, he said, forcing him to fend off intruders. Chang said he knows it sounds unlikely but it's important to prepare.
His friend Derek Zhao who accompanied him, nodded: "You remember 1992? The riots in Los Angeles?"
https://laist.com/2020/03/10/coronavirus-fears-chinese-immigrants-guns.php