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so these guys are Ichabod at their
synagogue and you're going to see here
this guy walk in and just start talking
to them he's completely unknown to this
synagogue these guys have no idea who he
is and he comes in and starts speaking
at them in kind of a Russian accent and
tells them that he has something to show
them and when he says he has something
to show them that turns out to be a
firearm and he's going to then start to
chamber it and you notice everybody's
just kind of sitting there wondering
what the heck he is doing and this guy
actually uh showcased like brandished
this firearm in a a movie theater nearby
a few days previously and he is just
going to start desk popping like crazy
around there tells them to say hi to
Mossad for him which you know the
Israeli uh kind of secret service or CIA
kind of stuff and then he is then going
to say a few more words and then wander
off crazy stuff still coming out of this
one though because this congregation did
not call the cops until the next morning
and it took several days but police have
finally arrested a suspect in this
particular case and of course he's
facing some very interesting charges
um but from San Francisco the FBI is
also considering firing uh filing
terrorism charges against him thankfully
turns out that the gun was blank firing
and the cartridges that it had in it
were blanks and so uh you know nobody
was hurt in this one or in the other one
but this dude is face facing a host of
charges man what a crazy way for this
one to start and finish listen that's
what we do here on the big channel is
that we teach mindset and so I hope that
you're getting that out of these videos
and we got a couple of important lessons
in this one now I know there's going to
be some consternation because why didn't
they just lock the door I mean I of all
people you know the Jewish folks know
what it's like to be persecuted for
their faith and to be targeted for their
faith and so I know a lot of Jews who
are very security focused and very
security conscious in fact I had several
of my Jewish friends send me this video
but but listen in a lot of places we're
not going to do that you know you want
your house of worship to be open for
other people to join you in those things
certainly you know I'm a Christian in in
the Christian tradition you really want
those doors open for people to come and
to see you but you've got to think from
a perspective that some of your
hospitality has to also be security
minded so somebody comes in like this in
a smaller group meeting and you don't
have any idea who that is I think it's
very wise to have some people people
that as part of their Hospitality that
they are thinking about safety for
everyone involved and that means coming
and and greeting this person seeing what
their intent is kind of making sure that
they're comfortable and that they are
not a significant risk to the people in
the congregation and it's one of the
weird things here that everybody just
sits around and nobody goes and says hi
to this guy so please hear me on your
church security team or church safety
should be part of your hospitality to go
and greet people and to assess what's
going on with them not the least of
which then that gives you proximity to
them if something bad goes down because
now this guy says I have something to
show you everything goes a little bit
crazy and wonky here and now he's
reaching for something so this is a guy
you don't know who's acting a little
funky who says I have something to show
you and then reaches guys this has got
to be sending you into absolute high
alert because again if you were you know
smart about your hospitality and
somebody is up addressing that guy and
is within Arm's Reach of him as he
starts to reach for things you can start
to stuff that draw
can't tell you enough many times in
these kinds of congregational events
that are mass shooter events especially
that that is a viable solution and one
you should absolutely practice now
instead he gets this gun out here and I
gotta say that again he showcases a gun
now he's going to try to chamber it
whatever and literally everyone freezes
friends you've got to act in this moment
this is is kind of crazy for me to even
think about that these folks just kind
of sat there ho-hum and didn't do
anything and just kind of sat on it and
didn't really think about getting after
this guy no you gotta go and and of
course even in San Francisco San
Francisco is very difficult to get a
concealed carry permit that's starting
to change in light of New York State
Rifle and Pistol versus Bruin but it's
not quite there yet but getting a
concealed carry permit is absolutely
something people in these vulnerable
communities should have because thinking
about this or just tackling this guy
because it takes him a full 15 seconds I
timed it from the time he had both hands
on the gun until the time that the first
shot breaks is no less than 15 seconds
and and the only guy approaching him is
the older guy who's on his phone and him
being on the phone he's not even on the
phone with authorities he he I don't
know if he's called the rabbi or
something apparently the senior Rabbi
wasn't there it was one of the junior
rabbis that was there and nobody has
jumped up to tackle this guy friends
your safety is in your hand and thank
God these were blanks but the only
reason that a whole bunch of these guys
didn't die is simply because this guy
was intending to scare and to terrorize
rather than to murder and and you can't
take that for granted and you can't
certainly depend on that and you gotta
get after this guy and do something
about it because he's just ripping off
these shots trying to scare people and I
don't know if he was you know attempting
to get one of them to shoot him or just
hoping that haha there's nothing they
can do about it or whatever but the fact
that everyone simply sat there and was
like well whatever happens happens is is
quite frankly just unconscionable in my
mind you've got to do something to
protect yourself now thankfully he just
ran off next thing that's just crazy
they didn't even call police
they decided to kind of keep it to
themselves until the next morning that
somebody called this in and then showed
the video to police which to me is kind
of mind-boggling because you want the
Cavalry to get there because you know if
he's done it to you he's certainly
willing to do it to someone else and and
thankfully they have caught this guy I
do actually hope he faces some charges
related to terrorism because it
certainly looks to me like he was trying
to incite Terror in a people and in a
person's group via what he did though
it'll depend on how kind of he
articulates that and what they're able
to do with that listen take your
security and your safety and your
hospitality and your house of worship
seriously let's do a better job of
covering our aspect