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as the video begins already in progress
you see three guys come up to the clerk
of this store who i think was outside
having a cigarette or something and two
of them have firearms one is a pistol
one it looks like a chopped off rifle of
some kind they're gonna take him back
into the store point guns at him there a
whole bunch and go get the cigarettes
and and this is a pretty common thing we
see they're going to steal a bunch of
cigarettes steal the cash out of the
register and those kinds of things while
pointing a gun at him and uh you know he
he's just sitting in the very corner
there binding his time and waiting for
them to kind of do their thing you see
the guy with the what looks like a rifle
caliber uh gun pointed right at him i
don't even know if that's a real gun
quite frankly it looks goofy to me uh
but the guy with the pistol is going to
point it at him as well and trying to
get all his stuff now they want into his
car at this point that's his car sitting
there and they're like hey give me the
keys to your car whatever he's like i
don't have the keys to my car i don't
know what to tell you man they're inside
so then as the guy runs off he actually
shoots at the clerk so the guy with the
pistol here what you're going to see is
as he gets mad that they he won't give
him the car because he doesn't have it
as they start running off here what
you're gonna see is right there he
actually takes a shot at the clerk that
thankfully missed cops are still looking
for these guys thankfully the clerk
wasn't hurt they got away with a bunch
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link in the description so as the video
begins here we don't have any time to
react to this one we know because from
later in the video that their car is
kind of parked there out by the pumps a
little bit but by the time these guys
are up on this clerk he didn't really
have a whole lot of options here stuff
the gun's already pointed at him you're
not gonna it's not smart to do much from
here so he's gonna his best choice is
purposeful compliance and this is what
he does yeah so that purposeful
compliance is where it's at keep looking
for your opportunity but okay guys
whatever you want don't shoot me i will
give you the money out of the till i
will give you anything you want out of
the store okay guys you're in charge now
and again somebody points a gun at you
like that assume that they're willing to
use it assume that it's real even if you
think potentially it's not right now
let's think about some camera ambush
opportunities here you got multiple guys
with guns but if our clerk was armed
himself are there opportunities for him
to launch a counter ambush the answer is
yes these guys are not paying any
attention to him right here so so this
is a spot that if he wanted to if he's
highly skilled i think the guy with the
pistol is actually pointing it and
actually touching him with the pistol at
this point so if you know disarms and
you know how to take a gun away from
someone this is the absolute time to do
it if you have your own gun this is the
time to get it in the fight and knowing
that counter-ambushed timing and when
what your draw to first shot time is and
who you're going to engage first i think
is important you have to know what your
capabilities are so you know how much of
a window you need to put them into play
there's three guys here multiple guns
you need to know before you start making
moves that you can be successful in the
time that you're given and if you don't
know those things compliance is probably
your best strategy here because if you
try a disarm that you've never tried
before and you don't know if it works or
something like that then we know that
the pistol is real here because he
shoots at him later and so that's a
great way to get shot i'm not saying you
have to resist here but i'm saying if
you have attitude skills and plans you
might now of course i know some people
are going to say here oh look at that
gun it doesn't have any sights on it i'm
frankly not even convinced that
particular gun is real but
not knowing that for sure a it doesn't
need sights and b i'm not going to take
that chance it is right in his face yeah
you absolutely this is if this is a real
gun it's a threat if you're not sure if
it's a real gun you better assume that
it is and if you're going to try to
disarm here recognize that that's a
pretty hard gun to disarm he only has
one hand on it but you're gonna have to
go hard at that guy and his partners are
gonna be in that fight very very quickly
so that makes a disarm against multiple
gun wielding attackers really really
really risky and i wouldn't recommend it
also look like his finger was on the
trigger if you're gonna grab it and he
is going to contract his hand you're
probably gonna if you don't get it moved
pretty quick you could potentially get
shot that way as well very true now they
get outside with the guy and now they're
like hey man i want your car and he says
no i don't have it now two things that
we see out of this as soon as they let
him go i do like that our clerk gets
ducks back into the shop he gets out of
the danger zone but number two this
guy's willing to take a shot at him here
steph yeah whether he intended to do it
or it was an accident he was running
away it doesn't matter the bullet's not
going to care if you're going to get hit
by that but uh yeah i was kind of
surprised i don't know if that was out
of anger or why why he did it but
well and again so when we say all the
time this is is compliance he's doing
the best he can i think he said hey i
don't have the keys to my car
they're back in inside or whatever but
this kind of non-compliance i don't have
the ability to get you what you want
doesn't give you any advantage again
these guys are willing to point a gun at
you assume they're willing to shoot it
and compliance is no guarantee of your
safety we see here no reason for this
guy to take a shot other than he has no
moral compass expect that expect armed
robbers to have no moral compass and be
willing and able to take your life and
even if that other gun was a fake gun
this revolver that he has here is very
real and we can see just the briefest
flash here of uh you know the smoke from
the gun on that particular one so i
think a very dangerous situation i think
the compliance that the clerk did was
the best bet that he had but if you do
have attitude skills and plan i think
there were opportunities for some
counter ambushes here if you were ready
steph thanks for the insight thank you