if you're going to launch a counter
ambush speed and timing are everything
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hi everyone thanks for joining us on
active self-protection today I'm your
host John Correa today's video comes to
us from Houston Texas in the United
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at the range you can see these robbers
come in through the front door you're
gonna see two of them on the security
camera here first one walks in buddy
walks in right behind him their hoods
are up it's November it's Houston that's
not necessarily out of the ordinary but
you can see them both walk in and then
immediately pull a firearm and announce
a robbery jump back behind the counter
what you're gonna see here is the two of
them now that guy that's on the right
side that that is you know held actually
shot at the guy and missed and was shot
in the chest in return right there by
the bad guy you can actually see his gun
skitter out they're the bad guys now are
going to run off you see both of them
they stop that a little bit the Houston
PD to descry try to get some ID on these
guys and then they ran off and
unfortunately the good guy here did not
make it I want to see it one more time
just so you can see it through what
we're going to see here is again these
guys both come in they're trailing one
another a little bit but as they come in
they just immediately announced the
robbery so you're gonna see the gun come
up here and then they're gonna
immediately go after them here go into
the back now sometime after they went
into the back elapsed and I don't know
exactly how long this is what was
released see her good guy here get his
gun up and try to get a shot off he
didn't and the bad guy did and the bad
guy shot him in the center of the chest
they did send him to the hospital take
our good guy to the hospital but he
succumbed to his injuries as far as I
know they are still looking for these
suspects and that's where this one
unfortunately ends sad outcome but I
think an important one for us to
consider as we get better at our self
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the lessons on this one so let's start
by talking here about these guys coming
in and immediately announcing the
robbery now the surveillance footage is
great of them outside but if nobody's
watching that and saying hey man there's
some guys coming in or whatever then
that's not going to help you very much
and you notice all the bars on the
windows and those kinds of things you
don't get a whole lot of notice of
people that are coming in here and that
contributes to the fact that this is a
transitional space because you expect
people coming and going so they're able
to ambush in and hide their intention
because they're like looking like
regular customers here now that said
they just instantly get a gun up and out
and in the fight and one of the things
you can see here that is the clue that
you're like no no this is wrong is the
fact that they have masks on their face
so you got to recognize it oh no Here I
am and I am caught in an armed robbery
now you have to process the fact not
that this could happen to you but it
kind of mentally prepared and say no
this will happen to me at some point in
my life so I am ready to act when that
moment comes in order to protect myself
and do so correctly so we always say
again we don't draw on the drop we don't
get a gun out in the fight immediately
if their attentions on us and that was
what happened here in the beginning so
they're gonna run into the back here and
our good guy has that moment to start to
think about oh no what are we gonna do
the right time to get a gun out and in
the fights when their attentions not on
you this would have been an excellent
opportunity to get his gun out and in
the fight when they're not paying
attention to him but only if he's
trained and adequate to do that remember
we talked about having a 2.0 1.5 1.0
Drott a first shot having your firearm
understanding now it's time that guy
needs to get shot I need to drive that
gun out and go to work this is why we
say fast and accurate shooting is so
critically important for self defenders
not enough just to carry a gun you have
to be good with the gun friends you have
to be good with it because that's what
goes down here they go in the back
he gets his gun out so he's got time to
get the gun out and launch a counter
ambush but you notice a couple things
here number one again I'm not saying
that this man is nothing or nobody or
whatever he's an honorable guy who was
trying to stop a threat to everyone
around him and he died doing what he
thought was the right thing to do but
notice here that he doesn't have a good
two-handed grip on the gun you could see
a support hand his way off the gun and
he gets a shot off but that shot misses
friends and that missed shot is all of
the problems than with this and where
all of the challenges come from
so as we stop it right here you can see
the gun is actually gone off and and
because he missed that shot because he
didn't have a good two-handed grip on
the gun because he didn't see enough
sights have enough trigger press to get
the shot he needed this cost him his
life so when I talk about get the gun
out quickly get a great two-handed grip
on that gun get that gun driven out
there see your sights and get an
anatomically significant hit fast this
is why we say that that's important
because you may not get another shot
another chance to take a shot at the guy
he gets a vote as well and that's what
we see here you just saw the bad guys
gun go off so our good guy is stationary
and not doing a very good job driving
his gun out the bad guy is moving even
shooting one-handed but luck counts both
ways friends and because he was moving I
think our good guy missed our bad guy
didn't and he put a shot right in our
good guys so these gun fights are won
and lost in tenths of seconds and I tell
you as a concealed carrier I am a
hundred percent for concealed carry I
can't tell you enough as a concealed
carry you have to train to a high level
of skill so that you have enough for a
bad guy like this who's moving and
shooting and accurate and hard to be now
again what a terrible thing and and I
hope they catch these guys and I hope
that they face the full brunt of what
they have done it also reminds us as
concealed carriers as self defenders
that we have to practice spiritual
fitness that we need to have said
everything we need to say to our family
have absolutely no unsaid things if
possible and have our relationship with
Jesus strong because you don't know if
you're gonna need it today and you may
not know until it's too late to go get
it so I can't encourage you enough make
sure that you've said your peace with
your family and you're right with God
and make sure that your skill set is
high enough so that if and when you are
the one who is faced with this kind of
problem in an armed robbery you have an
in high skill set to match your great
attitude a good plan of what to do and
do at the right time and you can get
ahead of these guys and cover your ass