we say it all the time on the channel
your car is an incredible force
multiplier welcome to today's act of
self-protection lesson I'm your host
John Correa today's video comes to us
from Mexico City in Mexico the
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in the description we kind of get a
two-for-one here because you see this
guy pulling into his garage and his door
is shutting slowly and you can see these
guys run up and try that door now we
think these are the same guys that are
going to be in the next one because of
the jacket with the sleeves and the
white patches that the guy on the left
is wearing they didn't get in in this
case now in the second one what we see
is we see a guy who is backing into his
garage if you go read the news stories
I've linked in the description there's
some discussion as to whether this was a
carjacking or maybe potentially a
kidnapping but when he comes into his
garage this one's about a half hour
later these five guys pile out of the
car stop it here so you can see the fact
that the guy in the back seat there
looks like he's wearing the same jacket
so it could be the same dudes and as
they pile in we get a look from inside
the garage here and what you're gonna
see is you're gonna see those guys pile
in and the second one in the guy with
the sleeves actually points a firearm
here and when he does our intended
victim gets the heck out of there now if
we go back to the outside what's going
to happen you could see at the back of
the victim's car you are going to see
him run over that guy and now they're
all kind of milling about going what the
heck man where are we going and what are
we doing man and our intended victim is
going to back up a little ways and then
finally power it the heck out of there
and he is going to get out of there
leave these bad guys with just a bad
case of regret for what has happened to
their car and that is where this one
ends boy you know when that guy had the
car bumping over him I bet you he
rethought his life choices if you want
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active self-protection so I think the
lesson out of this first one is
primarily to get a very strong garage
door and a garage door that closes very
firmly that they can't get into you
notice here they're not able to get this
door open it will not be open
so then since they're not able to get in
they are not able to rob so hey a strong
garage door is a good thing if these two
are connected now the second one I
really think our first lesson here is in
backing in when you're in an exposed
environment like this if you have you
know a little bit more space or whatever
or a gate on the outside may not be
quite as important but clearly here when
backing in did for this intended victim
is it gave him the ability to see before
the guys were surrounding his car if you
can back into the garage and you're
gonna have to either back in or back out
so one way or the other you're doing
some backing may as well back in so that
you can see what's going on outside yes
you're gonna be looking into the back to
back into the garage effectively and all
that but with modern backup cameras not
that difficult and gives you the ability
to pay attention to your world and that
was critical here in his defense now
then our bad guys pile out and the next
thing that I really want to pay
attention to you is the fact here that
we have no fewer than five bad guys we
have four get out of the car and one
stay in the car as the driver in all of
the videos here on active self
protection we find about a third of the
instances about a third of the defensive
encounters of all kinds that we see here
on the channel involve multiple
attackers that is a significant number
you should expect and plan to have to
deal with multiple attackers that way if
you don't well then that's a happy
happenstance but if you do you are
prepared for it and and again if you're
gonna be an aspart if you are going to
be an active cell protector multiple
attackers are the way now they're gonna
come in here and I want to pay attention
to the fact that the first dude is gonna
jump in obviously something is at stake
here when the first guy comes in second
guy comes in and immediately points a
gun this is clearly a deadly threat now
you know some people and I'm gonna guess
a lot of people here on the channel a
lot of self defender said well I'll just
draw my firearm and engage it and these
only you know about maybe nine or ten
feet away from the driver at this point
so if you had a firearm on you what I'm
saying that's a wrong answer and clearly
if you have that it would be good to go
however you know a window glass
particularly windshield glass does some
crazy things to bullets and it makes
things deflect in odd ways so I think
that the car is probably the better
solution here and he doesn't hesitate
gets on the gas pedal and gets out of
there it's a deadly threat and so using
forced to protect yourself and all these
guys working in concert absolutely the
case
no problem secondly I know people are
gonna go oh no but look at the damage
that he did to his car and to his garage
door and all that friends this guy just
threaten your life number one your life
is worth far more than your stuff far
more than the insurance claim for what
went down here and so you know you have
an insurance deductible to take care of
that stuff just defend your life it's
definitely not going to be any cheaper
to let these guys steal your car so
defend your property defend your life
and get the heck out of there I think
the car was the right answer here now
let's talk about putting the guy under
the wheels here for just a second
clearly all of these guys are acting in
concert they are all acting together as
armed carjackers or potentially armed
kidnappers and that being the case this
is clearly a deadly threat you can use
deadly force to protect yourself against
a deadly threat and quite frankly
specifically here in the US it does not
matter what kind of deadly force you use
to defend yourself against deadly force
the car is perfectly acceptable I
wouldn't feel morally bad at all about
using the car if he goes under the
wheels of the car that is his fault as
an attacker he had absolutely no right
to be there and and as an attacker you
have the right to defend yourself
against him and going out of the car is
okay now then you notice here he gets
stuck and this is a problem with using
the vehicle and I'm not gonna say that
using the vehicle to escape the
situation is flawless or foolproof no I
think that it could be significant here
in that he got stuck now he's gonna have
to back up get stuck again and finally
get away but this is a great reminder if
possible now almost impossible in Mexico
City but if possible I think that this
is a great reminder for people to
actually carry a firearm and the reason
that I'm gonna say that is if it's
possible in your jurisdiction when these
guys here are milling about we know at
least one of them is armed and our good
guys stuck here's the place where you
want to have a force multiplier in order
to even the odds and defend yourself and
stop that threat the fact that he didn't
meant he had to keep going with what he
had and I don't blame him for that I'm
not upset in him for that but I am
saying that I do recommend that people
carry the best force multipliers that
they possibly can and I think a firearm
would have been the right choice in this
instance given that at least one of the
attackers was armed with a firearm now
the fact that he didn't again this is
Mexico he's disarmed by
Fiat I think is a wrong but thankfully
the bad guys ran off and and even the
bad guy who got ran over was able to run
off which is kind of a miracle to me and
our good guy got the heck out of the
danger zone as well
he didn't just stick around and that's
our final lesson today if you have a
deadly threat in your vicinity
do not hang around to admire your work
get out of the danger zone as fast as
you possibly can get on the phone to
emergency services get some help on the
way but get you and your loved ones to
safety don't hang out and say oh hey I
just ran over that guy let's see if
everybody's okay and let's examine the
damage no get out of the danger zone and
make sure that you are safe for you and
your family so a lot of stuff here about
paying attention about backing in about
using your car effectively about why do
say that having a firearm on you is an
important tool and about getting out of
the danger zone to cover your ass