Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Chinese business owners, fearful of being robbed, are turning to guns for protection
Durham Herald Sun ^ | May 08, 2018 02:11 PM | Colin Warren-Hicks

Posted on 05/08/2018 11:42:05 AM PDT by Zhang Fei

Raleigh

When closing time nears, local Chinese restaurant owners say they must quickly decide whether to greet people approaching the entrance doors with a welcoming smile or a drawn gun.

Their fears continue after they lock up for the night, checking their rear-view mirrors for headlights as they drive home. They want to make sure robbers aren't following them.

Dozens of Chinese business owners in the Triangle say they have felt targeted by thieves for so long that they have turned to firearms, including AR-15 assault-style rifles, to defend their livelihoods and their families. About 100 small-business owners have banned together to form the North Carolina Chinese Hunting Club to train in shooting techniques.

“They're changing their mentality,” said John Wang, a local business owner who translated into English for four other Chinese business owners. "Now, they're going to start shooting back.”

The club formed two years ago, but some members say their fears intensified after 42-year-old Durham restaurant owner Hong Zheng was killed outside his home on April 15. Police arrested a 28-year-old man 12 days later and charged him with murder and attempted robbery.

It was the fifth time people had broken into or attempted to break into Zheng's home since November 2015.

Most N.C. Chinese Hunting Club members have been robbed, at their businesses or their homes.

Raleigh restaurant owner Lang Dong said he doesn't leave his home without strapping a 9 mm, semi-automatic pistol to his hip. He prefers the reliability of a Glock 17 — the most frequently carried sidearm by law enforcement.

Dong and his wife own seven guns, including three pistols. They keep one AR-15 and one shotgun in their restaurant, and they do the same at their house.

He said criminals have robbed or tried to rob his restaurant six times

(Excerpt) Read more at heraldsun.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: 2a; 2ndamendment; banglist; nc; northcarolina; nra; rkba; secondamendment
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-34 last
To: Zhang Fei

“Dozens of Chinese business owners in the Triangle say they have felt targeted by thieves for so long that they have turned to firearms, including AR-15 assault-style rifles,”

Horror of all horrors!!

L


21 posted on 05/08/2018 1:01:49 PM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Rebelbase
"...LOL, exactly that picture! Good job putting your hands right on it..."

Heh, that was for YOU. I am always impressed when people do that!

22 posted on 05/08/2018 1:02:17 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: rlmorel

That picture defines badassery. LOVE the headbands.


23 posted on 05/08/2018 1:03:35 PM PDT by freedomlover
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: Zhang Fei

“Raleigh restaurant owner Lang Dong”


Don’t mess with the Lang Dong.


24 posted on 05/08/2018 1:05:20 PM PDT by freedomlover
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: freedomlover

Heh, it kinda does. The other poster said they were of Korean ancestry, and my dad who worked with them back in the Korean war into the mid-fifties said they were tough characters.


25 posted on 05/08/2018 1:08:26 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: Zhang Fei

Banned together not banded together?


26 posted on 05/08/2018 1:40:59 PM PDT by ebshumidors
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ebshumidors

“Banned together not banded together?”


Can’t get too het up about editing oversights at the website of some small local paper. I’ve seen spelling mistakes in the print edition of the hoity-toity Noo Yawk Times.


27 posted on 05/08/2018 2:23:27 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: Zhang Fei

Yeah, but this is their profession. I’m an aircraft mechanic. The little things have to bother me.


28 posted on 05/08/2018 5:02:19 PM PDT by ebshumidors
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies]

To: ebshumidors

“Yeah, but this is their profession. I’m an aircraft mechanic. The little things have to bother me.”


Glad to hear attention to detail isn’t a lost art in your profession.


29 posted on 05/08/2018 5:25:53 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 28 | View Replies]

To: The Toll

I remember when home invasions were all the rage, due to many Asian business owners distrust of banks. Perhaps that has changed?


30 posted on 05/08/2018 6:26:22 PM PDT by Amberdawn (If Leftists Didn't Live By Double Standards, They'd Have No Standards At All.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: Zhang Fei

And African-Americans foster support of the 2nd Amendment faster than academia and the media can tear it down.


31 posted on 05/08/2018 6:35:18 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Rebelbase

I heard of a way to bamboozle the LA cops. They all had the same rifles. If one had to shoot a rioter, they would trade firearms all around the neighborhood. No one knew who had the “offending” weapon.


32 posted on 05/09/2018 2:08:39 AM PDT by snowtigger (Deplorable, and proud of it!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: gaijin

A man comes to this country, works hard, takes care of his family, and some scum sucker kills him for a few dollars. I hope to God that ALL the business men arm themselves and start shooting to kill.


33 posted on 05/09/2018 2:13:32 AM PDT by snowtigger (Deplorable, and proud of it!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Leaning Right

I’ve seen some air rifles lately that will do the trick nicely!


34 posted on 05/09/2018 5:27:46 AM PDT by cb
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-34 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson