it's videos like this that make me keep
my home defense tools ready to go
welcome to today's active
self-protection lesson I'm your host
John Correa today's video comes to us
from Omaha Nebraska in the United States
and I've got to talk to the person in
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along for the ride make sure to go watch
the interview with mark that I did on
active self-protection extra on this one
there's been a knocking at his door for
like a minute straight getting louder so
he goes to the door sees what's going on
sees a guy without a mask and then sees
a guy behind him with a mask on so he
says I man I know what's up here goes
back to his room to get his Ruger ar-15
put some magazine in it said he only had
five rounds in the magazine and then
it's gonna come back and defend his home
we got some audio on this one let's
listen in and hear what happens once
again it goes down very quickly I think
mark did a pretty darn good job all
things considered
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in the coming months so first of all
mark absolutely told me these guys don't
have any relationship together they're
not doing anything illegal in the house
or anything like that but sometimes
these guys show up he's just come in
from having a cigarette they know
somebody's in the home they're like okay
we're gonna we know there might be
valuables in here or whatever so I think
a couple of things out of this number
one paying attention to your
surroundings when you're knocking on the
door going and checking and using that
people is wise secondly I think having
your home defense tools staged and ready
to go in this case he had an ar-15 and
that's a powerful tool and a good tool I
would recommend having
full 30-round magazine if they're legal
in your state and having those with
defensive rounds and ready to go and so
you're not trying to hand load five
rounds in the gun or whatever so he did
a fine job here and that's fine and the
gun worked in its intended capacity in
this instance but having it staged and
ready to go in a defensive posture I
think is definitely an improvement in
this particular case now we're gonna see
him come up here and we're gonna watch
these door get knocked in really really
fast as he comes up and this backwards
kick was actually a pretty savvy move by
this bad guy to kick that door in I see
that pretty frequently and a couple of
things on that number one I really want
every single watcher of active
self-protection to reinforce their door
you go watch the interview that I did
with Martin you notice that they have
reinforced the door since then and there
are even better ways to do that case
hardened screws using some hardening
plates getting a lot more you know stout
doorknob and a better bolt lock all very
very important so then that way this
door is much harder to kick in then this
guy here and maintaining that is
definitely the best way now let's think
about the fact here that Marc brings the
gun up and I asked him explicitly why
didn't he press the trigger why didn't
he go ahead and shoot this guy well a
couple things he said explicitly I
brought the gun up and I was looking at
him and I couldn't see any weapons and I
felt like I had an opportunity to to
give him a chance to give up or to get
away
that's exemplary and wonderful I think
if he would have pressed the trigger
here and gone after this guy this is a
violent home invasion and nobody would
have have given him a hard time about
that but it brings up an important point
he said I didn't have evidence of a
weapon or anything like that so he said
nope I'm not going to so this is not a
question of can he press the trigger but
must he and he decided he had an extra
second to wait and give the guy a chance
not to get killed and the guy took that
chance and ran off I also want you to
notice here that Marc starts backing up
in this instance so he gets real close
to the door and then starts backing off
once that door comes in I'd really
recommend maintain the space if you
possibly can
you're gonna cost the guys through the
door I cost them from the other side of
the living room so that you have more
time because that distance buys you time
and time buys you options particularly
when you have a distance tool like an
ar-15 on you he did find in this
instance getting some space from these
guys and of course they're turning
around and running and that's great
so then he's going to come out the door
here now this is one I do say I wouldn't
wreck
coming out the door you know we don't
really talk a whole lot anymore about
the fatal funnel because that's kind of
a misnomer at home defense situations
however recognize that you're going out
into an unknown area with an unknown
number of bad guys of unknown ability
so instead consolidate the win in the
space you're in if they've run off let
them run off let them go
consolidate the win in the space you're
in rather than giving chase instead keep
the space that you have available now
that said this is a wonderful defensive
gun use I think that mark did a
fantastic job here of keeping this guy
away and of using his ar-15 incredibly
effectively just because you have the
gun out doesn't mean the gun has to be
fired so again there's that can should
and must paradigm and it was incredibly
effective now is this one gonna make the
news no it's not gonna make the news in
fact it didn't make the news he called
the police the police came five minutes
later they're still looking for these
guys so again couple things on that he
called the cops after everything went
down but it was long gone so you are the
primary agent in your own rescue you
have to be the one will protect yourself
because the police can't finally as well
you notice that his partner goes out
here and he's going to see what's going
on and I want you to pay attention to
the fact that you do have to practice
good rules of firearm safety mark did a
good job here of averting his muzzle and
not putting his gun at his butt so let's
make sure we've got our home defense
tools well established to make sure that
we understand to use the space that we
have available to us let's know the
difference between can I should I and
must I use my firearm to defend my life
and let's take appropriate follow up
actions to cover our ass
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