Demonstrators gather and march in Atlanta on March 20 after the fatal shootings at three Georgia spas. (Dustin Chambers for The Washington Post)
Nationwide protests supporting Asian Americans unfold after recent attacks
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Getting the gun was as simple as going to a local sporting goods store. Passing the background check took a matter of minutes.
Then it was a short drive to Young’s Asian Massage, where surveillance video obtained by The Washington Post shows the suspect spent more than an hour before opening fire. Within hours of purchasing the handgun Tuesday, police say, Robert Aaron Long, a White man, had shot and killed eight people — six of them of Asian descent and all but one of them women.
