Hotel Clerk Illustrates Why Fighting Back May Be The Right Answer

By Tom Knighton

For years, the advice has always been that if faced with an armed attacker, you should cooperate as much as possible. The thinking was that if you gave them what they wanted, they wouldn’t shoot you. Of course, a lot of people who tried to do just that still ended up getting shot and killed.

However, one thing I’ve seen a lot over the years is people who did the exact opposite. They cooperated until there was a chance to fight. Then, when they got an opportunity, they responded and came out on top.

People like this hotel clerk in Kentucky.

There’s something to be said about not panicking under extreme pressure — it could save your life.

That’s the possible scenario for one brave, fast-thinking Kentucky hotel clerk when she outsmarted a thief and grabbed his gun in the midst of a robbery.

Video surveillance clearly shows a masked man with a handgun holding up the hotel clerk. After she refuses to “let” him behind the counter, she can be seen tossing cash and a bag at him as he struggled to grab it. The sloppy robber then set his gun on top of the counter as he reached down to …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms