a couple team gets opportunities for
counter Ambush that a singular Defender
just doesn't
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you can see here this couple on the left
side who is just walking to their car
kind of you know just Bebop and doing
normal stuff and you're gonna see a guy
from the top middle there kind of come
around into this parking lot and he has
a gun and he is going to bring it up and
show it to them and demand that they get
on the ground and when he does they are
going to comply if you go and read the
news story that I have Linked In the
description from LAPD it's actually a
Twitter post and he's actually wanted in
a second robbery which is very similar
to this one as well that wasn't caught
on camera as much so you see the guy
drop his phone drop his money and so the
guy's gonna put him on the ground then
and he is gonna Frisk him down and get
all his stuff while the lady is is kind
of in a turtle kind of you know downward
dog position here and he's gonna take
his time and go through his stuff and
look for his keys and like okay now
interestingly to me he decides he
doesn't want to take the guy's car uh it
leaves his car keys there now he picks
the lady up and he's like hey give me
your phone give me your stuff and she's
gonna kind of lay down as well there's
my you know my little person and all
that stuff you want my coat there it is
and he's gonna go through her pockets
and see if she's got any money While She
lays down on the ground and since she
doesn't then he is going to just saunter
off while he is counting his booty and
looking at for what he has gotten and
then as soon as he kind of gets around
the corner
they are then eventually going to get up
themselves and run off in the direction
which they came from there's a couple of
pretty interesting lessons that we're
going to have out of this one thankfully
doesn't look like the couple was harmed
at all other than their egos and losing
their phones and their wallets all right
I'm just gonna say you Los Angeles it's
in California now be Post Brewing world
you do not have to prove good cause to
get a concealed carry permit why aren't
more Californians carrying concealed
these days it's 2023 and I'm going to
start by saying that even in Los Angeles
Los Angeles are covered under the idea
that the state must give them a
concealed carry permit and so California
is acting as shall issue right now now
yes this is the sheriff of Los Angeles
County being a total butt about it and
making life onerous and difficult yes
but there's no reason for you not to be
fully licensed to carry a concealed
firearm in the state of California and
to do so and so your defense is up to
you your protection is up to you both
Partners in this particular case so get
get yourself a good firearm get trained
with it get license to carry it and
carry it everywhere you can because you
don't know when that's going to be
necessary so they're kind of heading to
the car whatever dude shows up with a
gun in his hand and now he's gonna tell
them to get on the ground and they're
going to do that now everybody gets to
set their standards of when they are
just going to fight like hell no matter
what I just don't like being put on the
ground if you're being put on the ground
you're being tied up you're being taken
to a second location nothing good
happens in that particular position so
listen I don't like that you might say
knots okay gives me another chance to
counter Ambush I think you should set
your own kind of uh you know limits on
that and then enforce them yourselves
now that said you notice she puts her
wallet down here and so he's looking at
her and so now let's look for our
chances to counter Ambush because when
his attention is on her our dude here
can absolutely go for his gun at this
particular point he's reached down to
grab her stuff his attention is diverted
his gun is diverted his body is diverted
and if the guy in this case has even a
two second draw to first shot he is
going to be able to out draw this guy
now that said it would be from an odd
position so therefore you want to pay
attention a little bit yes you want your
standing skills to be very good with a
firearm once they are maybe taking a
class on unusual shooting positions and
and practicing that a little bit we
actually had one on the active cell
protection extra Channel or on the ASP
unlimited app if you want to watch that
there and get some of that training and
work on it in your dry fire training
same thing here though is for the lady
now listen I know a lot of ladies well
that's that's his thing not my thing hey
you are a Defender as well you're
responsible for you so she has the same
opportunity that he had here at a
slightly different time therefore if she
had her firearm on her and with things
like the filster Enigma ladies you know
I don't care what you want to wear
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getting into that kind of stuff and
we've got Links at our website to kind
of help you with all that because she
can same thing two two second draw the
first shot and she's got this guy
absolutely smoked who's pointing a gun
at her you know significant others back
and is absolutely a deadly threat now
instead they decide to comply and what
we find in armed robberies is that if
you fully comply you're only going to
get injured about 25 percent of the time
so 75 chance that you're not going to
get hurt at all okay fine that's an
acceptable outcome except for the 25 of
people remember those who to get a gun
out in the fight and get a shot off
they're only injured at about a six
percent rate so therefore about four
times more likely to get injured fully
complying than if you can get a gun out
in the fight and get a shot off so uh
you know I prefer those odds have your
firearm on your person you can make a
choice and decide otherwise you just
have to comply like these folks do and
hope for the best and then go get new
phones and go get new wallets and and
just deal with the cash loss I think
there are some good lessons here about
when your counter Ambush opportunity
happens particularly for the ladies make
sure you're an agent in covering your
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