Summary: <br><br> Shooter Rughi<br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> The “Weapon Snatcher” <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> Pretty much everyone has seen the viral footage of a man snatching a stolen AR-15 rifle from a protester during the recent Seattle riots. However, not everyone knows this was not the first, but the second rifle the “Weapon Snatcher” took away from a rioter that day.<br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> “Shooter Rughi” shares with us the importance of mindset, training, and core values. These are what led him to take successful action in a situation that could have gone horribly wrong. <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> After blending into the crowd, chanting their slogans, and being “the grey man”, this experienced protection specialist (think <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.gunfightercast.com/positivity-not-just-for-hippies/" target="_blank">executive protection</a>) launched into action quickly and decisively to resolve what might well have been an extremely bad development.<br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> Listen to the podcast. There’s a ton of good information in it. Below you’ll find a few excerpts. Some (by no means all) of the topics you’ll hear include:<br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> •25:00 What he carried and why. Medical kit and skill obligations.<br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> •26:57 Rughi’s background and experience.<br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> •23:30 The advantage of true concealment and being the Gray Man.<br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> •40:21 Breaking cover and the draw.<br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> •45:30 What could have gone better? <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> •47:20 Looking like a good guy: how do you avoid getting shot by another good guy?<br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> •54:30 What would you do differently? <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> ⚠️ Warning: Explicit language…F bombs ahead. <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> Mindset and Mission Clarity<br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> “I was able to make that decision so rapidly because I had framed my mindset into what I was gonna go into that day.” (09:07)<br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> Being Decisive: the Element Of Surprise<br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> “They produced another rifle bag out of the back of the second vehicle, which they pulled the rifle from…I drew my pistol from my pocket and I came up on him pretty much the same way as the other. the only difference was I had further distance to cover.”<br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> “Most of everyone there didn’t know what happened with the first shooter and me taking his rifle…violence and surprise. [With] the guy acting like a sheep the second he saw me, I was able to snatch that weapon – he didn’t want any of it. He immediately took his hand off the fire control.”<br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> The Fundamental Difference Between A Job vs A Duty<br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> 07:10 Asked, what was the thought process for you to leave your principles (his protectees) and deal with the stolen police rifle, SR responds, <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> “From the moment I saw the firearm, I knew it was in the hands of someone that was illegally obtaining it…they were escalating everything they had done from that day..to the moment I decided I needed to get my hands on that weapon and get it away from them…I headed a job to do.
