[BenLurkin]

A great amount of the 1992 "Rodney King" riots was a race riot: Blacks attacking Koreans. Though reported at the time, this fact has been largely forgotten (or ignored) by later accounts.

Many Asians had invested their life savings into small businesses (mostly liqour stores) in the "minority areas", and were making a profit. The rioters burned them out and killed a few. Others defended themselves and their property with firearms.

(Also "forgotten" is how the liberal West side Angelnos barricaded their neighborhoods and took up guns in self-defense.)

[Tired of Taxes]

Black racism does exist and it is more open. However, there's another side to the story of Asian storeowners in black neighborhoods. Some storeowners don't live in the neighborhood, and they don't care about it. Example: We lived in a largely quote-unquote "minority" (mostly black) neighborhood, and there were Asian storeowners on our block. One was a hardworking couple who were robbed at gunpoint and eventually had to sell their family business. They DID care about the neighborhood. The other ran a sandwich and beer shop around the corner, and he DIDN'T care about it. In addition to attracting drunkards and people hanging around begging for money for liquor, the guy had a burglar alarm that was nothing more than a very loud bell. One night it went off, and, even after we called 911 several times, the owner refused to come out and turn it off. He didn't live in the neighborhood, so he took his time and came out to turn it off around 8 a.m. Imagine a loud alarm ringing nonstop from 1 a.m. to early morning through your back window when you have work and school the next morning. We got no sleep. About 4 a.m. we tried to stop it by throwing a brick at the bell. By the morning, we were ready to wring the guy's neck. But his only response was that he doesn't speak English very well. Same went for other storeowners there from outside the neighborhood. One family (I think they were Jewish) were caught trading drugs for food stamps over the counter. It was well-known in the neighborhood, but you never heard that one in the news.

[Sloth]

Others defended themselves and their property with firearms.

That was one of the coolest things I've ever seen on television. :)

[Calvin Locke]

Also "forgotten"...

I didn't forget. And I was/am East of the Mississippi. I just remember Charleton Heston relating the phone calls he got from his liberal friends asking to borrow [shot, IIRC] guns.

"Have you ever used an actual gun before?"

"No."

"Well I don't think it would be a good idea for you to learn in the middle of a riot..."