Hong Kong's South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that Asian Americans' gun purchases are rapidly increasing as racism and hate crimes have increased in the United States due to the spread of Corona19.


According to SCMP, online ammunition vendor Amo.com has recently seen a sharp increase in ammunition sales, with a 276% increase in daily sales over the past 10 days as corona19 confirmed in the United States continues to increase.

Local media reported that gun buyers lined up in front of firearms stores throughout the United States.

In particular, the fact that Corona19 originated from China has led to a sharp increase in racial discrimination and hate crimes against Asian Americans, and their gun purchases are also increasing rapidly.

On the 19th, more than 40 physical and verbal violence incidents were reported within a day after an Asian American organization in California opened a site accusing Asian hate and discrimination related to Corona 19.

California has 6.9 million Asian Americans, which make up 17% of California's total population.

"My clients are mainly Asian and there are a lot of immigrants from mainland China, and sales have skyrocketed to reach $ 10,000 a day," said David Ryu, a gun dealer in Los Angeles.

"My customers are exposed to the news of foreign hate crimes in the newspapers and are concerned that their next target will be themselves," he said. "80-90% of customers are the first people to buy guns, Vietnamese, Filipinos, Japanese guns, etc. Buying is also increasing. "

Asian Americans living in the United States are concerned that the damage seen by Asians during the 1992 Los Angeles (LA) riot can be reproduced.

At the time, the US police did not go to the Asian residential areas, such as the Korean town, during the first three days of the LA riots, and the Koreans had to fight to protect their property from looters with firearms.

At the time, the damage of Korean companies amounted to 500 million dollars (about 630 billion won).

David Chan, an Asian-American who runs a small business, said he recently bought a bunch of ammunition, saying, "The horror is spreading and the economy is falling fast." I had a riot in Los Angeles, and I know what happened when Hurricane Katrina hit 2005. There is. "