Source: Voice of the United States

The large -scale shooting incidents that have recently occurred in the United States that have occurred in the United States have caused nearly 20 people to be killed and caused discussions on gun control and Asian guns.Data show that it has always been regarded as the Asian group with a low rate of gunfire across the United States. Since the popularity of the new crown epidemic, the growing trend of gun purchase protection has appeared.

The ratio of Asian shots during the epidemic period increases significantly

"We learned that in 2020, there were 21.5 million (gun purchase) background surveys. We found that more than 8.4 million or 40%of the buyers who bought guns in 2020 were purchased for the first time.The Asian Americans of guns have increased by 43%. "Mark Oliva, head of public affairs of the National National Football Foundation (NSSF).

NSSF is a US gun industry trading association representing American guns, ammunition manufacturers, distributors and retailers.

Due to the protection law of a legislative gun owner in the United States in 1986, there is no national gun registration system that "who can tell you who is a gun owner".In order to make up for this shortcoming, the organization conducted regular investigations on gun retailers across the United States since 2020, and saw the increase in the number of guns to buy guns in recent years.

"In 2021, we saw 27.1%of the customers entering the gun store. We are still waiting for the final result of the investigation in 2022," Oliva said.

Oliva said that the total number of gun sales background in the United States in 2019 was 13.2 million, and it jumped to 21.5 million times in 2020, and it fell in 2021 to 18.5 million times.Essence

"So what we see is that the number of gun purchases began to gradually decrease, and returning to the state we think are new normal. People are still buying guns at a much higher speed than 2019. We believe that many of them are out of them.Anxual concerns about personal safety, "Oliva said.

Asian community no longer immune to the shooting problem

California is a place where the recent large -scale shooting incidents of the two Asians have occurred.In 2020, Tom Nguyen saw hateful cases that discriminated against Asians and LGBTQ, and increased the number of people applying for buying guns. So they founded the La Progressive Shooters to help the first person who had a gun "Open the mysterious veil of the gun ".

But this time the large -scale shot killing incident was Asian killed Asians.

"It tells me that as a community, we no longer immune to these problems," Tom Ruan said.But he believes that the cultural psychological factors as the root of these cases exceed the role of guns.

"Angry man wants to eliminate their frustration, no matter what they have, they reach out and get the gun," Tom Ruan said."Our community is usually very conservative in culture. Talking about mental health is a kind of shame and taboos. Talking about any type of family or personal crisis or the problems we encounter are a kind of shame and taboos. Therefore, we are unwilling to talk about us publicly.The community, this is a problem. I think this is why this situation is even more shocking. "

"It is not surprising that the elderly in our community may feel isolated and lonely, maybe they feel that there are some things that need to be revenge. You know that there is no healthy way to deal with these things," Tom Ruan saidEssence"The fundamental problem is the cause of their anger and violence. Then they reached out to get the most convenient thing, that is the gun. If we exclude the guns outside, this cannot eliminate the anger that these people feel.In other ways to violently attack the people they think they are responsible for their feelings. "

California and New York are the strictest states in the United States

Tom Ruan said that buying guns in California must first participate in 30 written tests to obtain a gun safety certificate.

"It's simple, just like driving a written test, you can buy a gun if you do a written test." Tom Ruan said."The starting price of a high -quality gun is about $ 500, and you have to pay a registration fee of $ 47. Then you have 10 days of waiting time to pick up the goods. They will conduct background investigations. After 10 working days, you will be youCome back, you can take your gun. "

But this is just allowed you to have guns at home.To bring on the street, you must apply for a hidden carry permit. "In the past, it was almost impossible to bring guns in the Dadu District of California, such as Los Angeles and San Francisco." Tom Ruan said."But the Supreme Court recently announced that they made a ruling in June last year to cancel a similar restriction as New York. Now people can apply for it to carry hidden weapons in public.Apply to the local security officer or police station to do this. "

The ancient horn is the owner of the Javano gun shop in Manhattan. He calls himself the first Chinese to run a gun shop in the United States.After the outbreak of the epidemic in May 2020, it ended for 25 years, and is still engaged in legal services related to guns.He said that at the beginning, he witnessed the enthusiasm of the Chinese to buy guns.

"I am the best witness. Since the beginning of the epidemic, the Chinese (Chinese) applied for grabbing cards to queue up. That is to say, the epidemic developed from the beginning., But at that time, we lined up at the door, and dozens of people line up to apply for guns every day. "Gujiao said."Now I estimate that the number of gun cards in New York is about 50,000. In the past two years, it has increased more than 10,000."

He said that New York is the strict state with the strictest control of guns in the United States.To buy a gun, you must first apply from the police station.

"After approved, they will call you to the police station to get a gun certificate by email. This is the first time you went to the police to get the gun certificate back.You have to appoint with him to check the gun with him within 3 days, and hit the serial number and model of this gun. Then you can formally go to the home or go to the target. This whole process usually takes 2 years. "

But the same, there is a gun in New York that can not be on the street with a gun.According to the ancient horn, applying for a 16 -hour class with a gun card for you, plus 2 hours of training.Even so, "limited to the road and carried in self -driving cars, and no guns are still allowed to enter a public place including buses." Gujiao said.

Ancient Korn said that there is no gun shop in Manhattan in New York, there is one of Brooklyn, but there are three gun shops in Long Island, and the bosses are Chinese.In addition, five districts in New York City have the shooting range.

Ancient horn believes that the hot buying of guns will continue."In the future society, with the deterioration of law and order, in the future, based on my experience, based on my current estimation, more and more Chinese will apply for gun cards in the future."

Ancient Jiao said that he had a famous saying, "The gun does not kill, and the killing person is advocated by me. Thirty years ago, I said in the newspaper." Gujiao said: "The gun itself is just a tool. Our good people take it.From Wei, good people brought to subdue crimes, and the bad guys took the stolen to grab the crime. "