Black Chicago Woman With Concealed Carry Permit: “Thank God I had my gun, or I’d probably be dead right now”
Chicago, November 29, 2021, CBS Chicago Channel 2
The woman fired at the carjacker when he approached her at gunpoint just as she was getting into her car in the parking lot of the Chase Bank at 10260 S. Michigan Ave. . . .
“Thank God I had my gun, or I’d probably be dead right now,” the woman said.
The woman expressed raw emotions as she reflected on how her quick run to the bank left her heart racing.
“I had just come out of the bank and was sitting in my car about to lock my door to pull off in leave, and he opened my door and put a gun in my face,” the woman said.
The thief was not expecting the woman, wh0o has a concealed carry license, to pull her gun out.
“And when he saw me get mine, he looked surprised – and I started shooting, and he started running,” she said. “He ran.” . . .
The woman hopes the next person thinking of carjacking anyone realizes they may not be the only ones with a weapon.
“I pray every night that I don’t have to shoot nobody, but if I have to, then I’m prepared and ready,” the woman said. “So God, I was ready.” . . .
Meanwhile, we do know the woman thankfully was home late Monday – and she is crediting her concealed carry licensed for allowing her to get home safely.
CBS Chicago has a whole section on concealed handgun permit holders in the city who have stopped crimes (available here).
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