SOUTH SIDE NATIVE IS FORMING A WORLD REGULATED MILITIA.
>> LADIES LIVING IN CRIME RIDDEN CHICAGO REFUSE TO BE VICTIM.
>> THE NRA LOVES HER.
NOW, BECAUSE ALL OF CHICAGO IS --
>> A WAR ZONE.
I BEGAN WITH A TRADITIONAL CHICAGO GREETING.
>> ARE YOU PACKING RIGHT NOW?
>> NO, I'M -- >> I THOUGHT YOU -- ANYTHING CAN
HAPPEN.
>> I USUALLY CARRY MY FIREARM ON MY BODY.
A LADY CAN CARRY IT ON HER HIP, ON HER SIDE, IN THE BRA.
>> I THINK I COULD TELL IF IT WAS IN THE BRA?
>> NOPE.
>> TELL ME ABOUT THE LADIES OF STEEL.
>> THE LADIES OF STEEL IS A GUN CLUB I FOUNDED.
WE HAVE 120 LADIES IN THE GUN CLUB, AGES 25 TO 80.
>> SHE'S A CONCERNED CITIZEN WHO FEELS LIKE SHE'S FACING A CHOICE
MUCH LIKE CHARLES BRONSON IN DEATH WISH III.
THE GANGS RUN THE CITY NOW AND SHE'S GOING TO BE [ BLEEP ].
>> WHEREVER I AM, I'M LOOKING AND CASING THE AREA TO MAKE SURE
THAT I'M SAFE.
>> IS THIS REALLY THE BEST WE CAN DO, MORE GUNS, GIVING
EVERYONE A GUN.
>> I DON'T THINK IT'S THE BEST WE CAN DO, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF
THERE'S ANY TURNING BACK AT THIS POINT.
>> NOTICE THEY'RE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO BUY AND CARRY GUNS,
WHICH BRINGS US TO THE FIRST OF THREE MAJOR MYTHS.
>> THE CITY WITH THE STRONGEST GUN LAWS IN OUR NATION IS
CHICAGO.
>> THAT'S PROHIBITIVE GUN LAWS.
>> THEY HAVE THE STRICTEST GUN LAWS IN THE COUNTRY.
>> HAVE CHICAGO'S GUN LAWS BECOME STRICTER OR WEAKER IN THE
LAST SEVERAL YEARS?
>> WE JUST APPROVED CONCEAL CARRY FINE YEARS AGO.
>> PLUS, THE INFAMOUS GUN BAN WAS ELIMINATED EIGHT YEARS AGO
AFTER AN NRA LAWSUIT. >> CHICAGO USED TO HAVE A
HANDGUN BAN?
>> YES, WE DID.
IT SEEMS CRIME SPIKED AFTER WE WENT TO CONCEALED CARRY.
I'M NOT SURE OF THE CORRELATION.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, GUN LAWS ARE WEAKER, AND CRIME WENT UP.
WHAT ARE THE ODDS.
BUT IT DOES EXPLAIN HOW CHICAGO BECAME THE PERFECT PUNCHING BAG
FOR THE RIGHT.
THE GUN LAWS HAD BEEN WIPED AWAY, BUT THE CITY STILL HAD A
REPRESUTATION FOR GUN CONTROL.
SO IT MADE THE LIES EASIER TO BELIEVE.
NOW, CHICAGO MYTH NUMBER TWO.
>> THIS IS A LOCAL ISSUE.
>> THIS IS ALL LOCAL?
>> YEAH, THIS IS A LOCAL ISSUE.
>> WHAT'S STOPPING PEOPLE FROM BUYING FIREARMS AND DRIVING THEM
INTO THE NEW STATE?
>> WELL, THEY CAN. >> AND THEY DO.
60% OF GUNS TAKEN OFF THE STREETS IN CHICAGO ARE BROUGHT
IN FROM OTHER STATES.
20% OF THEM FROM MIKE PENCE'S HOME STATE OF INDIANA.
AND MYTH NUMBER THREE, CHICAGO IS AMERICA'S MURDER CAPITAL.
>> THEY HAVE MORE GUN VIOLENCE THAN ANY OTHER CITY.
>> WHAT RANK DO YOU THINK CHICAGO IS IN HOMICIDES?
>> I THOUGHT RECENTLY WE WERE NUMBER ONE.
>> IN FACT, IT'S NUMBER NINE.
EIGHT OTHER CITIES HAD MORE HOMICIDES.
>> BUT I THINK WE'RE NUMBER ONE IN SHOOTINGS.
I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF WE'RE NOT NUMBER ONE IN
SHOOTINGS.
>> THE SHOOTINGS NUMBER 11.
AND BY THE WAY, ST. LOUIS, SORT YOUR SHIT OUT.
NOW, LOOK, I KNOW I'M GIVING JAVONLAN A HARD TIME.
LOTS OF [ BLEEP ] LOUD MOUTHS ARE DROWNING OUT THE ACTUAL
FACTS.
THE MORE SCARED PEOPLE GET THE MORE GUNS THEY BUY, EVEN THOUGH
PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES DON'T WANT THEM.
>> WOULD YOU PREFER IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO CARRY A GUN?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
ONE DAY I HOPE WE CAN LIVE LIKE THAT.
>> WOULD YOU PREFER IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO CARRY A GUN?
>> YES, YES, THAT WOULD BE IDEAL.
>> LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, THE GUN MAKERS, CHICAGO IS A SUCCESS
STORY.
AND THEY'RE NOT STOPPING THERE.
SOON IT WILL BE EASIER TO BUY A GUN.
SOON TEACHERS WILL HAVE GUNS.
>> A TEACHER WOULD HAVE A CONCEALED GUN ON THEM.
>> THEY WANT TO MAKE US ALL THINK LIVING IN THE WILD WEST,
WHERE EVERYONE HAS A GUN IS THE ONLY WAY TO BE SAFE.
IT'S UP TO US TO CALL THEM ON THEIR BULLSHIT.