today we get to see one of the calmest
arm robbers i've ever seen
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hi friends welcome to today's lesson
here at active self protection i'm your
host john korea today's video comes to
us from you guessed it houston texas
palm pepper spray has recently
reformulated for even more effect when
you bless the deserving with the hot
sauce palm is what i use between a harsh
word and a gun and encourage everyone to
do likewise it's 5 21 in the morning
when this guy walks in i've sped it up
just for the sake of time he's gonna act
like a customer for a while and then
pull a gun we actually have audio from
the surveillance video
bring something up
come on
there you go
i'll take cares
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all right come on bring that back bring
he took off with the money and no one
was harmed if you have any information
about this guy as far as i know houston
pd is still looking for him so contact
them links in the description very calm
still some counter ambushing
opportunities here if we are ready let's
talk about them i think we still live in
the kind of world where people wear
masks all the time sometimes by law
sometimes by choice and so that's not
necessarily a red flag here but what is
is obviously he's looking around and not
really shopping and so he pulls a gun
out there now i'm just gonna look for
this clerk and go okay what were my
opportunities now you look here he's
looking away and you start to see where
could i launch a counter ambush if i
wanted to you see is his look over to
the side here now this guy is super
chill and he has put the gun away and so
he's you know acting very calm and just
give me the money but recognize
if you have a one second draw the first
shot he looks over that little away from
you and you can get a gun out and in the
fight and beat him to the shot and
there's literally nothing in the world
that he is going to do about it even if
he had the gun pointed at you at that
point if he looks away here instead he
turns completely around so this is
something that we actually see from
armed robbers is that they threaten with
the gun and then put the gun away and he
is going to be absolutely a cat on a hot
tin roof to look around and see is
anybody else paying attention am i going
to be able to get away with this do i
face any threats right now and you as
the person who is being attacked here
and yes this clerk is being attacked
threatened with deadly force 100
if you at this point had almost a 2.5
second draw to first shot there's
nothing he's going to do to beat you in
that case so that's why knowing your
draw to first shot time so important
even if you're not a highly advanced
shooter because knowing what your visual
cues are is important the only problem
with the timer is it's it's an audible
beep and an audible signal instead of a
visual one here he doesn't show you his
back but he did show the ear there and
when he shows the ear there you need a
1.5 now those times are all if he has a
gun out but isn't paying attention to
you rather here he's put that gun away
so you probably can get out faster than
he can and again you see this here
multiple opportunities as he looks
around
so really the key here as a
self-defender is to know purposeful
compliance is to say okay man i'm going
to give you what you want don't worry
about that i'm going to do what you want
to look for your opportunity to
successfully launch a counter ambush
that means you got to have the mindset
to do so the attitude the skills and the
plan you got to have your tools on your
person and you got to know what your cue
is because again here's another one
where he turns the total back of his
head to you if you missed the first the
second the third opportunity you had
another opportunity now i know some
folks are going to say but why would you
take that opportunity it worked out fine
here it did work out fine here and so
compliance is also a strategy but
recognize when you comply you're putting
your safety in the hands of someone who
has threatened you with a gun you have
put your safety in the hands of someone
who has shown a complete disdain for
your safety and so i would strongly
recommend that that you have other means
and you might look into that person's
eyes and realize nope he doesn't really
intend to harm me so i'm not going to
defend the company's money i'm just
going to give it to him and have an uh
you know a rest of my day
and that might be a great strategy but
you're the only one who's able to see
that in that person's eyes in the moment
because remember the the hands may be
the windows to the intent but the eyes
are the windows to the soul and you look
that person in the eyes and you say oh
okay wait a minute i don't think he's
actually willing to do me harm and and
he just wants the money and i'm gonna
give it to him that's an effective and
okay strategy but if it's the only
strategy you have then it's not a
strategy it's simply a wish and and i
would recommend that you have the
attitude the skills and the plan instead
to make the best choice for you in the
moment so if you see that fear in that
malice in this person's eyes you can
find the right opportunity for a counter
ambush to protect yourself and cover
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