Just read this on CNN...
Wearing body armor and carrying two weapons, Jiverly Wong blocked the back door of the American Civic Association with his car on Friday, then went inside and fatally shot 13 people before apparently turning the gun on himself, police said. "Whatever drove this individual to do what he did I cannot possibly fathom," said Angela Leach, a representative of the association. "He must have been a coward,"
No, it was really because he had easy access to guns... Like a majority of Americans...
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I'm asian American, and I can tell you the problem. This is a repeat of the same/similar problem recently in Canada where a Chinese national lost his job and decapitabed another bus rider. It also happened about 20 years ago in San Jose, CA where a couple of VNese teens tool over a Circuit City store and started shooting the customers. It's a gap in culture and communication. This guy came here, not having a skill, and little to no English. He thought that the world was out to get him, when he lost his job. And guns and violence was his out to get them back. There should be test for minimal proficiency in English and some kind of skill before letting these adult asian mails emigrate to the U.S. In San Jose, 20 years ago, those teens fantasized about what they heard their parents (fathers) about how they wanted to retake Vietnam through violence. Because those VNese Vets had no jobs, skills, and poor English to find jobs. Same with this shooter. So they instilled in their sons this fantasy about getting, a helicopter and going back to VN to continue the war. This guy lost it because he thought or blamed these people for his loosing his job. But he didn't understand that layoffs are a part of the American economy and culture. I've been laid off many times, and managed to find other work. But because of his poor English he felt a sense of lost and hopelessness and gave up and got angry at all the wrong people. The fact that he got angry shoes he didn't understand period. I feel for those victims families and his family (parents and sister). They are probably just as destitute as he was. INS should not allow these without some skill to enter. That's what Australia does, when they let VNese emigrate to Australia, they make sure they have a working command of the English language and some skill to fall back on. The Ausies, interview everyone from the Aus.' embassy back in VN before they allow emigration. So the Ausie State doesn't have to support them with welfare once they get there. It's easier said then done, but it has to be done.
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