APAGOA would like to celebrate our Asian Pacific American heritage by highlighting conversations with members of the APA community, along with other APA stories and resources.
Interviews
For APA Heritage Month, APAGOA asked some members of the firearms community to share their thoughts on their APA Heritage, firearms, and firearms safety. See excerpts from their interviews below, and click the links to read the full interview.
Top Shot Chris Cheng
IG/YouTube @topshotchris
www.TopShotChris.com
What’s a top firearms safety tip you can share?
Get a pair of electric hearing protection. Being able to hear your instructor, your friends and your surroundings not only increases the enjoyment of shooting but it is also safer in case you need to hear something in your surroundings. There are many great electronic ear pro options at a variety of budget price points.
Conrad Bui
IG @conrad.bui
and www.tigatactics.com
What’s a top firearms safety tip you can share?
Get proper instruction from day one.
Kenny Nguyen aka FPS Kenny
IG/YT/X @FPS_Kenny
What’s a top firearms safety tip you can share?
Train, train, train
Gabriel Tam
IG/YT/X @tamfamgram
and www.tamfamgram.com
What’s a top firearms safety tip you can share?
I’ve noticed a growing trend in firearm content where the focus is more on grabbing attention than handling things responsibly, and it’s been hard to ignore…. I think it’s important for people to care less about attention and more about doing things the right way, because careless behavior ends up misrepresenting everyone involved.
Tony Pham aka Shortshot Tony
IG @shortshot.tony
YT / X @shortshottony
What’s a top firearms safety tip you can share?
Always know and practice your general weapons safety rules! Accidents happen when you get too comfortable!
Kelly Chi
IG @arms.en.place
and spectrolitetraining.com
What’s a top firearms safety tip you can share?
Never get complacent with firearms safety. Work to internalize the core firearms safety rules and make safe gun handling second nature.
Vera Koo
IG @officialverakoo
www.verakoo.com
What’s a top firearms safety tip you can share?
Treat all firearms as if they are loaded.
Marco Cabahug
IG @Marco_Cabahug
What’s a top firearms safety tip you can share?
Always treat guns as if they are loaded and never ever point them at anything you don’t intend to destroy. Safety is big since we shoot so many matches a year.
What is APA Heritage Month?
Did you ever wonder how Asian Pacific American Heritage Month started and what it was meant to commemorate? Do you know what happened in May 1843 and May 1869?
Is it called APA Heritage Month, AAPI Heritage month, AANHPI Heritage month, or all of the above?