More Women Buying Guns in Chicago

Brutal beatings, violent crime on the rise in the city. Given Chicago's handgun ban, pending with the Supreme Court, we're talking handgun purchases in the surrounding area. CBS2:

Local gun shop owners say they're seeing an increase in the number of women shoppers right now. The reasons, they say, are many, including the downturn in the economy and violence on the street.

According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, about 48 percent of people taking their first handgun seminars this year happen to be women. CBS 2's Pamela Jones reports on the growing trend.

"It's very dangerous out there. I mean, there's people getting robbed here and there," said Josie Santiago. "It's just for protection."

Miss Santiago wants to become a police officer. But, of course, the police can't be everywhere. Can they.