Illinois state rep gets it right. Tells constituents to protect themselves…

  1. In January this year when he was running to be the mayor of Chicago, State Rep. La Shawn Ford (D-Chicago) acknowledged the obvious: Many young people in these neighborhoods carry a gun because —out of fear and a lack of trust that the police will protect them—they feel they need to take matters into their …

Read the rest: Even in Chicago views on guns are starting to change: When police can’t protect people what do you do? – Crime Prevention Research Center