We get a choice: fear or solidarity. Let's help each other choose better.Gun stores are reporting a sharp rise in the number of Asian people purchasing firearms to protect themselves from racist attacks amid the coronavirus outbreak.
David Liu, the owner of Arcadia Firearm & Safety in San Gabriel Valley, has claimed that he has seen around 10 times more customers walk through his door in recent weeks.
"It was crazy," Liu told Newsweek. "One example is on March 3 and 4, I had 50 plus people come in here to take their firearms safety test and everyone one of them bought a gun. That's quite unusual for my small shop.
"They're all coming in because the media is telling them that Asians are being targeted, Chinese are being targeted."
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
A plague of fear
So that coward and nincompoop in the White House is trying to blame China for a virus -- and this follows:
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I heard about the shelter-in-place order for your city, and hope you and EP stay healthy. Search online for "scapegoating in pandemics." It turns up so much.
Happy St. Patrick's Day, regardless.
Thanks Brandon. We're fine as are everyone we know so far. The order lets us go for walks if keeping 6 feet from others, so I am not yet deterred from Walking San Francisco in the empty streets.
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