I’m guessing that the Korean shopkeepers in Los Angeles were passing out firearms left-and-right during the riots and not worrying about your skill level.
Yep, I think the only test that day was climbing the ladder to the roof. If you could get up there and point a rifle in the general direction of the looters, you were good enough.
Those Koreans are a close nit group. They all knew each other and knew what to expect from each other. I had some Vietnamese friends when I lived in Texas and you wouldn’t believe how they would come together if needed. The did business with each other first and sold to outsiders.