the Sikh people don't mess around and
today we're going to see a man prove
that point
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host John Correa today's video comes to
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see these three guys walk in and they
have face masks on and hoods up the guy
that's working the counter you could see
from his turbine that he is a Sikh
they're gonna try to Rob him but he
ain't having it let's listen in
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you want him
oh no no no no
the employee was not hurt the three guys
did run off you might have noticed that
one of them had a knife there the police
say they're looking for him but without
any descriptions to go on I doubt
they're having any success hey kudos to
him for standing up for himself listen
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you once again this is a relic of the
pandemic these three guys walk in with
face masks on and hoods up I think
that's absolutely a pre-attack indicator
in 2023 so if I'm working in any kind of
retail environment somebody comes in
Hood up and mask on that's a humongous
red flag I would immediately get
distance from them and tell them to take
that off I'm not saying that you pepper
spray them or anything like that but I
am saying that is absolutely a marker
that bad things are coming and so I
would make them take the hoods off and
show their face or get out of the store
and I get it some people go hey I want
to wear a mask or whatever great show
your face to the camera first and then
you can put your mask on uh in those
things now these guys are then going to
come and just come don't think about
being customers for a minute remember
they always get the first move and as he
jumps over the counter the guy goes and
makes a move for his ceremonial knife
now if you're not familiar with Sikhism
at all uh you know the Sikh people that
part of their religion is they carry a
carepon which is you know a dagger uh
traditionally a little longer like 30
centimeters but the newer ones the ones
that they tend to wear today are a
shorter knife and even in England
because they wear them for peaceful
purposes and they use them as part of
their religion they're allowed to do so
so that's what he's doing is using that
uh and seeks are part of one of their
values as being Fearless in battle and
I've got great respect for them so he's
going to go get for it and I want you to
recognize though how long it takes him
to get that sucker out so and I get it
this is a ceremonial uh you know knife
right but for him it's not ceremonial
it's also used to protect his life and
he does so here and I want you to
recognize though that when you're doing
that your draw time does matter now in
this case him merely fighting with them
and going to draw something drove them
off they weren't expecting any
resistance at all and when they got any
resistance whatsoever it was effective
at keeping them at Bay however I
wouldn't count on that necessary early I
would be very leery of that and you need
to be able to get your defensive tool
out quickly specifically here you can
see because the third guy who's kind of
sort of walking out now has a big old
knife of his own now of course do you
want to fight a guy with a knife with a
knife yourself I don't man a knife fight
is never any good time whatsoever they
say that the winner of a knife fight
dies on the way to the hospital and the
loser dies at the scene so if you can
possibly help it that's not what you'd
want to do but this shows even in a
place like England for golly sakes man
uh that that armed self-defense is
effective multiple attackers here and
our Defender as soon as their forced
Monopoly evaporated they left and that
to me is incredibly important now I also
note here that he sees them guys
starting to argue with him because he's
got a knife as well and so our guy goes
and gets a cricket bat which is great
give him a little bit more distance a
little bit more time I'd much rather
have a purposeful self-defense tool like
a firearm for that of course this
England that's really not possible in
terms of more defensive use at all I
also want to say I think it was a really
good idea here he didn't chase these
guys he went to the door to lock it and
uh to keep them at Bay and then called
for the authorities and I think that was
the right choice and I think he did an
excellent job of that I got nothing but
respect for this guy in a place where
self-defense is highly regulated door
near illegal he used what was available
to him and and his attitude his skills
and his plan carried the day he covered
his ass