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Daylight Crime, Zero Fear
In broad daylight on a busy West Hollywood street, a man jumped out of a black sedan with a gun, targeting a passerby’s Rolex.
It was supposed to be a quick score but the target turned out to be a retired professional fighter. Within seconds, the would-be victim disarmed the attacker and pinned him to the ground until deputies arrived.
NBC Los Angeles obtained the surveillance footage and 911 audio. The robber’s gun was loaded; a round ejected when the fighter racked the slide.
His girlfriend grabbed the weapon and tossed it over a fence while neighbors called for help. The suspect’s getaway driver fled.
A Familiar Story in a Restrictive State
Just two weeks earlier and half a mile away, three men robbed another victim for a Rolex, wedding ring, and phone.
These daylight robberies are becoming routine in Los Angeles and, as Colion Noir points out, criminals in California seem to have no fear.
Noir’s analysis cut straight to the problem: when law-abiding citizens are stripped of their right to carry, criminals operate on “easy mode.”
They assume no one will fight back literally or legally. This fighter didn’t want to brawl in the street. He simply had no other option.
Skill Isn’t a Substitute for a Sidearm
Noir emphasized that not everyone is a trained fighter. Most people aren’t built to wrestle an armed robber on the pavement.
“The Second Amendment isn’t about who can fight,” he’s said before. “It’s about who shouldn’t have to.”
That truth was on full display here. Even someone with combat experience understood that skill and luck aren’t strategies.
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The retired fighter himself told NBC, “California makes it tough to carry a gun. But if everybody had a gun, this wouldn’t happen.”
Noir’s takeaway is simple: the right to bear arms isn’t the right to violence it’s the right to avoid it. An armed, law-abiding citizen deters crime before it starts.
A Tale of Two States
Noir drew the comparison many were thinking: imagine the same scene in Texas. Would criminals be jumping out of cars at 1 p.m. to snatch watches? Probably not.
“Here, criminals don’t know who’s armed,” he notes. “That fear alone stops a lot of crime before it even happens.”
In California, the opposite dynamic rules. The state’s patchwork of carry bans, sensitive-place restrictions, and slow permit processes have disarmed much of the population while violent offenders ignore the rules entirely.
Reality Check from West Hollywood
The West Hollywood incident could have ended in tragedy. Instead, it serves as a real-world example of why the 2A matters.
One man’s training saved his life because the law had already taken his other option away.
As Noir often reminds his audience: self-defense isn’t about bravado — it’s about balance.
When citizens can defend themselves, criminals have to think twice. When they can’t, predators feel invincible.
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