if you're carrying your gun one of the
most important things you can learn is
when your ghost signal is
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who walks in is our attacker he's just
gonna show up like a regular Patron for
a moment here we have audio let's listen
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he did get the money and is then going
to run off they say police are looking
for him but I kind of doubt it all right
when's the last time
checked your time on your draw to first
hit I want to know when's the last time
you had a timer you had an accuracy
standard and you actually timed it what
were you at I'll tell you that on any
given day I am anywhere from 1.1 all the
way down to dot nine if I'm really
working it but I always say 1.1 is my
regular what about you so remember as
the defender here you're always going to
be operating at a deficit at an
initiative deficit he gets to set the
time and the place of the attack so he
comes up here looking like a normal
customer right up until he pulls a
firearm Chambers it and then threatens
with it but let's find our counter
Ambush opportunities shall we our first
one shows up pretty quick depending on
your draw time so he's paying attention
to the register now not you he showed
you his ear if you have a 1.5 second
draw the first shot and you're only at
about three yards here uh you have him
out gunned all day every day now of
course that that requires you to carry
your firearm to be good with your
firearm a 1.5 draw the first shots what
we call a professional standard most
people can do that and and we get that
in our evidence-based pistol skills
class all the time it's not all that
hard but it does take a little bit bit
of training and a little bit of work you
can get that on active cell protection
extra or on the active self-protection
unlimited app so listen if you got a 1.5
you got him here now eventually he's
going to look over but also what I want
you to notice here is that do you notice
that he is taking money and putting it
into the hand with the gun that actually
gives you even more time the gun's not
pointed at you he's not paying attention
to you and he's using his gun hand for
other stuff so here in this place if you
have a two second draw the first shot
because of all those complications for
him you can get him but it really helps
if your draw is visually quiet if you
are drawing we call it from the pool of
tranquility and you're not making a big
visual signal when you draw that is an
important tool and again you can get all
that information on the Aspen limited
app our entire evidence-based pistol
skills class is in the app and I'd
strongly encourage you to go and watch
it there or join us in person for a live
class now we got some other
opportunities here because again now he
showed you the top of his head by
bending over guns not pointed at you and
you got another opportunity for a
counter Ambush here and and listen of
course it requires you to carry your
dang firearm and it requires you to be
ready and to know your visual signal
which if you're a watcher here of active
self protection of course you know what
your visual signals are because we talk
about them in these kinds of things all
the time so these robbers you have
multiple opportunities and he's actually
going to get another one here in just a
second when the guy shows him his back
but listen you've got to be ready to go
when your signal goes so that's that
purposeful compliance that hands in the
air hey man I don't want a problem take
whatever you want on when it's your turn
go if you have a two second draw the
first shot here's your last opportunity
as he turns his back to you that then
turns you shows you the back of his head
if you have a two second draw the first
shot there's nothing he is going to do
that is going to out draw you in that
part and I I will say you know sometimes
people will say yeah but is he really a
threat he is absolutely still a threat
in this moment remember it's not about
where you shoot someone it's about why
you shoot them he had turned away from
you for a minute but he still had a gun
in his hand was still threatening you
with it was willing to kill you or at
least threatened to kill you with it so
he absolutely is a deadly threat you see
him turn and and uh pointed at our clerk
just before he leaves as well so let's
make sure that we understand yes you
could have shot him uh in that moment
there now eventually as he's running
away you got to let him run but and that
moment would have been just fine plenty
of counter Ambush opportunities if
you're ready for him if you're armed and
you're ready to cover your asp