That's what a bunch of people in Chicago are thinking about doing. As things continue to spiral out of control they're coming to the realisation that there's no-one there to help them, so they'd best help themselves. No matter what some idiot law and politician says.
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“An unjust law is no law at all.”- St. Augustine
via CBS 2
More at the source.They are law-abiding citizens in Chicago, but they are so worried about their own safety, they say they might have to break the law.
The last straw was the death of Chicago Police officer Thomas Wortham IV last week.
That has some African-American families in Chicago considering doing something they never would have done before: carry a pistol.
CBS 2's Jim Williams reports he grew up among those families and he's never anything like it.
Many Chicagoans have been upset for some time about violence here, but Wortham's murder has touched a raw nerve in the black community.
Now some want to do more than simply call 911 or march for peace in the streets. They want their own gun.
Mike Robinson, who runs basketball camps, is hearing it.
"I've heard parents in my basketball camps express that very fervently, just over the weekend, that they want the right to protect themselves," Robinson said.
Estella Jernigan, works at a seniors center in Chatham, talked to an older man here who's taking a job for one reason.
"He said he was going to apply for a security guard so he would be armed." Jernigan said. "So he could carry a gun."
“An unjust law is no law at all.”- St. Augustine