A&E releases show about how semi-automatic guns saved Koreatown

[Joe Link]

April 30th will mark the 25th anniversary of the L.A. riots that devastated large parts of the city after the Rodney King trials.

For five days rioters destroyed or severely damaged 3,767 buildings and killed more than 50 people. However, a story that has been overlooked is how the neighborhood of Koreatown survived throughout the turmoil until now.

A&E announced on Sunday that they plan to release a television special about how the government abandoned the residents of Koreatown. They were left with only their semi-automatic weapons to defend themselves and their property.

David Joo, the former manager of the Western Gun Shop, is one of the most prominent people featured in the TV special. He detailed how he called the police and watched them arrive, but as the gun fire started, they fled, leaving Joo to his own devices.

A&E releases show about how weapons saved Koreatown

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[MadDuner]

Very cool!

 

[SIGAHOLIC]

I remember the Koreans fighting back, vividly! After Reginald Denny was beaten with a brick and left for dead, I went about my business in N & NE PDX!
That's with a .45 and AK-47 in my truck, and I admit, that's one time I was having a bad attitude! Folks we're going to get ONE chance not to try to pull me out of my truck.

 

[MadDuner]

People misbehaving in large groups doesn't work out that well for them when the intended victims are armed.

 

[Joe Link]

People misbehaving in large groups doesn't work out that well for them when the intended victims are armed.

Something about guns being an equalizer?

 

[DunRanull]

God created men equal and the US Constitution guarantees it- John Browning and Mikhail Kalashnikov provide the means of enforcement.
Just sayin....

 

[Joe Link]

Another Kalashnikov fan, awesome

 

[SIGAHOLIC]

Has anyone seen this? I have it DVRed, but I'm only about 1/4 of the way through it. Started out with photos of black people that the police have killed! You know, upstanding little gangsters like Michael Brown! Phooey!!! I'll get through it but I'm going to need some calm down time between showings!

 

[SIGAHOLIC]

^^^^I'm most of the way through the documentary now, just a little to go. It's a puzzler! No one was in the right, the cops were brutal, racist and stupid, for years before the riot itself! The black community were criminal, (as were the police) racist, (against every other ethnicity Latino, Asian, white) and the beast that's in every mob completely took over. Probably a couple of century's of rage lnleashed!
I saw the part about Reginald Denny again! I remember that's when rage broke out up here, and all of the whites and Asians, armed up!
Now, back in '92 we saw the Koreans on the rooftops of Korea town, on the news. I saw maybe two shots from the roof, and no film of the results of those shots! The news stations must have been cooperating with LE. After all, the LEOS didn't want the open warfare that could have come from seeing folks defending their homes and businesses! The film showed that there was a WAR in Koreatown! People doing their best to shoot each other down! That was interesting! More when I finish watching the documentary.

 

[MadDuner]

I'll have to try and find some time to watch that.

I don't remember the "hatred" or "intolerance" level in '92 being anywhere close to what it is now. It's really ratcheted up a bunch after the last 8 years of "give them space" kind of government. To me it feels like we are virtually on the brink of open warfare, even if the BLM crowd has backed it down lately. I don't really know how much of a "spark" it would take to start bad things to happening, but hope we don't find out either.

 

[DunRanull]

Interesting show. Not much about the people who used guns to protect themselves or their property tho.. Given the media bias against guns and self-defense, this isnt surprising.

 

[Joe Link]

I haven't had a chance to watch it yet, hopefully soon. I was only 10 in '92, so maybe I'll get a history lesson as well (taken with a HUGE grain of salt).

 

[jls in az]

I was running Jensen's Custom Ammunition/Lathrop's Shooters Supply in Tucson during the riots. We received an order from LAPD for all the flex cuffs we had in stock to be shipped immediately. We took the cuffs (I think there were about 10,000) out to Tucson International Airport and shipped them Air Freight to LAX. When I called LAPD to give them the arrival info, the sergeant that answered said LAPD would have to wait till the following morning to pick the cuffs up at the Airport because they (LAPD) weren't allowed to be on the streets after dark.

 

[MadDuner]

I was running Jensen's Custom Ammunition/Lathrop's Shooters Supply in Tucson during the riots. We received an order from LAPD for all the flex cuffs we had in stock to be shipped immediately. We took the cuffs (I think there were about 10,000) out to Tucson International Airport and shipped them Air Freight to LAX. When I called LAPD to give them the arrival info, the sergeant that answered said LAPD would have to wait till the following morning to pick the cuffs up at the Airport because they (LAPD) weren't allowed to be on the streets after dark.

Wow!
I guess they were planning for the worst.
I can't help but wonder if Ferguson or Baltimore made calls for cuffs... or if they were just going to let the rioters have their way?

 

[badbob85037]

Only a tyrant or an idiot will say he wants to protect you by taking the tools you use to protect yourself and family. Obama proved to be both.

 

[Joe Link]

Wow!
I guess they were planning for the worst.
I can't help but wonder if Ferguson or Baltimore made calls for cuffs... or if they were just going to let the rioters have their way?

Judging by what I saw on TV it looked like the latter...

 

[MadDuner]

Judging by what I saw on TV it looked like the latter...

The Police were more worried about being prosecuted by the corrupted DOJ than they were worried about the town being burned down, stores looted and people injured or killed.

 

[armoredman]

I was running Jensen's Custom Ammunition/Lathrop's Shooters Supply in Tucson during the riots. We received an order from LAPD for all the flex cuffs we had in stock to be shipped immediately. We took the cuffs (I think there were about 10,000) out to Tucson International Airport and shipped them Air Freight to LAX. When I called LAPD to give them the arrival info, the sergeant that answered said LAPD would have to wait till the following morning to pick the cuffs up at the Airport because they (LAPD) weren't allowed to be on the streets after dark.

Nifty - I worked at Jensen's West range at Prince/Flowing Wells part time and full time, 2000-2001 for Liz, best job I ever had that never paid the bills. I remember when 9/11 happened and I went in to work 4 hours early. We sold out of ARs/AKs, all of the 7.62x39mm ammo and almost out of 5.56mm ammo.

 

[jls in az]

It's a shame that they made the decisions that they did. When I worked there, we had the April and November sales. Chinese SKS's for 59.95 and a case of 7.62X39 for 99.95. There were nights when I locked well over $100,000.00 in cash up in the safe at the main store.

 

[Joe Link]

Nifty - I worked at Jensen's West range at Prince/Flowing Wells part time and full time, 2000-2001 for Liz, best job I ever had that never paid the bills. I remember when 9/11 happened and I went in to work 4 hours early. We sold out of ARs/AKs, all of the 7.62x39mm ammo and almost out of 5.56mm ammo.

I can't imagine what that would have been like, being a gun shop employee at that time.

It's a shame that they made the decisions that they did. When I worked there, we had the April and November sales. Chinese SKS's for 59.95 and a case of 7.62X39 for 99.95. There were nights when I locked well over $100,000.00 in cash up in the safe at the main store.

The good old days