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Where the hell do you think you are, Chicago?

posted 7 years ago by write_iri_back

Wilson: Get every available staff here at the double.

Harris: Armed, sir?

Wilson: Where the hell do you think you are, Chicago?

Hello. Why did Wilson respond like that? Does it mean they should come armed or not armed? And why Chicago?

Thanks!

Edit:
Maybe it has something to do with this:
"In the 1920s, Chicago was reminiscent of the Wild West. Drive-by shootings were commonplace, with rival gangs killing one another's members. Regular folks weren't safe, getting caught in the crossfire at times." (from http://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/capone-tax-evasion.htm)

So would that mean they were supposed to come unarmed? I remember they had clubs and water hoses -- do those count as arms?