US-GUNS-ASIANS

A student learns how to fire a weapon during Defensive Pistol Class at Burro Canyon Shooting Park in Azusa, California on February 12, 2023. - Around 6.6 percent of the US population identifies as ethnically Asian, and, while no precise national statistics exist, gun industry watchers say the community has traditionally been less involved with guns than other groups. Alex Nguyen of the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence says growing security concerns, many of them linked to the pandemic and the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes, have seen a surge in gun-buying among minorities. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)