Oh, man. Come on. COME ON. You've got to be kidding me. Ever since the Virginia Tech massacre, I think there has been an unfortunate and unfair spotlight cast on Asian men, with the underlying irrational fear that your average Asian guy on the street might actually turn out to be the next Seung Hui Cho. It's stupid, but you can't deny that this perception was out there, especially in the weeks and months right after the shooting. That said, it also certainly doesn't help that are weird Asian guys out there who are actually fulfilling this crazy stereotype...
In Miami, 20-year-old Calin Chi Wong was arrested after threatening over the internet to undertake a Virginia Tech-style massacre, according to authorities: Cops: Man threatens Va. Tech-like attack. Oregon authorities apparently learned of a March 25 internet message allegedly posted by Wong, threatening to re-enact the Virginia Tech killings. Two days later, police in Florida searched Wong's home and found a weapons cache—13 firearms in all, more than 5,000 rounds of ammunition, and 100 rounds in a feeding clip with bullets "meant to take down aircraft or military machinery," as well as bullet-proof vests and two handguns. What the hell? You stupid punk kid.
Wong was charged with making written threats to kill or do bodily injury via the computer and bonded out for $7500. Additional charges are pending. The guy sounds like he's a young, dumbass kid who wanted some attention. Was he just making threats out of frustration, and not really intending to carry them out, like he claims? I don't know. But I certainly feel better with him now under the watchful eye of the authorities. Just what we need—another weird, crazy Asian dude in the news. With guns.
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