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One more anecdote of the riots: On Saturday, the only place you could buy beer in our neighborhood (and believe me, you wanted a beer), was the little liquor store next door to a gun shop. At the first sign of trouble, the gun store owner called all his employees to come in. They loaded for bear, with guys on the roof and everyone sporting bandeliers of ammo, and prepared for a siege. The story is that some gang guys drove up and told the guys to walk away, and one of the gun store guys, a huge Latino guy who had some street cred, basically said, "Can't do it." They got cruised a few times, but the gangs and looters stayed away, and the liquor store was the extra beneficiary.

"They loaded for bear, with guys on the roof and everyone sporting bandeliers of ammo, and prepared for a siege."

Good for them. However I thought the Police went around arresting thos who engaged in armed resistance against the rioters. I seem to remember footage of asian shopkeepers getting dragged away when they tried to defend their business.