Please thank MantisX for bringing us today’s video! Check them out at http://mantisx.com or their FB page at https://www.facebook.com/MantisFTS/ I seriously DO use the system in my own dry fire training and with students on the range and you can get one at http://amzn.to/2gZjMuR. Want to see me use it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6jDijYO3W0

Officer Johnathan McCoy is shown here on his Dash Cam doing everything he can not to have to use his sidearm to stop Jason Hoops from grabbing the pistol in his pocket. He spends almost a minute and gives almost 30 verbal commands. But read the news story and you’ll see that this was going to end badly because Hoops wanted it to.

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NEWS STORIES, MORE INFO:

Full raw video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM_IFnggVbM

The main news story: https://get-asp.com/94lp

News story with details on Hoops, who was a convicted felon (and hence prohibited possessor) who told friends that he wasn’t going back to prison and would kill cops: https://get-asp.com/7rm5

Family and funeral announcement for Hoops: https://get-asp.com/c0qu

Attitude. Skills. Plan.

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