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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
National
Jeong Park, Hailey Branson-Potts and Anh Do

First hate crimes, now mass shootings. For some Asian Americans, feeling safe means owning a gun

LOS ANGELES — Guns have always made Lynn Kim nervous. She had never considered firing — let alone buying — one herself.

But that changed last week after two mass shootings in California, two days apart, carried out by older Asian American men who targeted fellow Asian Americans.

After hearing the news, Kim, who is Korean American, told her husband: “It’s time. Honey, let’s research getting a gun.”

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