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
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“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!!
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Heh, that was for YOU. I am always impressed when people do that!
That picture defines badassery. LOVE the headbands.
“Raleigh restaurant owner Lang Dong”
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.
Banned together not banded together?
“Banned together not banded together?”
Yeah, but this is their profession. I’m an aircraft mechanic. The little things have to bother me.
“Yeah, but this is their profession. I’m an aircraft mechanic. The little things have to bother me.”
I remember when home invasions were all the rage, due to many Asian business owners distrust of banks. Perhaps that has changed?
And African-Americans foster support of the 2nd Amendment faster than academia and the media can tear it down.
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.
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.
I’ve seen some air rifles lately that will do the trick nicely!
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