John only shrugs at the first remark, knowing it to be true. It isn't that he goes out of his way to break the law and he likes to think, with Finch's guidance, he's done more good and bad, but at the same time he has no issue going above and around the law when necessary. He'd earned the vigilante title, the Man in the Suit. Carter had had every reason to refer to him as such until she finally understood.

"No," he says at the next question. "I have plenty for you both to use to learn. If you want to carry your own, then yes, you'll have to buy one for yourself, but if you want to go through illegal channels for that, I'm sure I can find a way to help you."