Video Shows 'Heroic' Security Guard Wrestle Gun From Masked Man Entering Strip Club

[In It to Win It]

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Security guards at a Florida strip club are being hailed heroes after authorities say they disarmed a masked man who was attempting to enter the venue and potentially stopped a mass shooting.

Surveillance video taken early Sunday shows a man in a red and black devil mask appear to casually walk up to the Mons Venus club in Tampa with a gun and flashlight in his hands before a fast-acting security guard stopped him.

Police said Michael Rudman, 44, had two fully loaded magazines in his pocket as well as additional ammunition, knives and firearm accessories in his truck. The words “KILL” and “DARKK ONE” were written on his arms.

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Security guard Manuel “Manny” Resto was standing outside the front entrance when he first noticed Rudman’s truck blocking cars in the parking lot, he said.

[Karadeniz]

1. Is open carry legal there? I don't understand why all police dont demonstrate against open carry.

How can a policeman tell if a gun is being toted for show or for a felonious purpose?

[In It to Win It]

9. To my knowledge, open carry is not legal here (yet)

[Delphinus]

2. That was a big guy

and I think the guard got really lucky he was able to knock the gun out of his hand. HOWEVER it seemed like he kept kicking the guy when he was down.

[Aristus]

3. In situations like that, I think the only goal is to ensure that he doesn't get back up again.

That security guard is a hero.

Not only did the good guy not have a gun, he managed to get the bad guy's gun away from him.

Give that security guard a medal, a very large reward, and the key to the city.

[Delphinus]

5. Oh,

you're right, one would have to ensure he's not going to get back up. I wasn't thinking of it in that light.

[Aristus]

8. One thing that scared me is seeing gun-creep go charging back to the security guard

even though the guard was pointing the gun at him. He must have been counting on the guard to exhibit the behavior pattern that decent people have, which is to be very hesitant and reluctant to shoot a firearm at somebody.

Fortunately, the security guard's courage didn't fail him, and he managed to get the guy down. Personally, I don't think a few kicks to the head would have been out of line. The creep was obviously hopped up on gun-madness.

[ProfessorGAC]

10. I Think Of Myself As A Decent Person

I'd have pulled the trigger.
There was a reasonable fear for life & safety.
I'd take my chances in court.

[Aristus]

11. Oh, I agree on both counts.

But it's not something you would have done with evident glee. Nobody wants to have to do something like that. And no jury would convict you. Certainly no jury I was on.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. Same Page

I wouldn't want to, but someone violent enough to rush a gun pointed at them is dangerous!
There's nothing to negotiate with someone that bent on doing harm.

[Mr.Bill]

12. He probably went after the guard

who was pointing the gun at him because he knew the gun wasn't loaded or at least didn't have one in the chamber.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

4. That's the best time to kick someone if they have murder on their mind.

[Delphinus]

6. You are right, I see that now.

I'm lucky and glad I've not ever faced that.

[ZonkerHarris]

7. I'm pro-kicking that guy until he's unconscious. If he gets up you put a bullet in him.

[Mr.Bill]

14. Kick him until his

mother won't recognize him.

[ZonkerHarris]

15. Nah, just still he stays down, willingly or otherwise. Big dude. Then let the cops take him.

He does seem like a very bad fighter for a big guy
No moves at all

[Xolodno]

16. Don't mess with a strip club security guard.

They walk the girls to their cars, know why they are stripping, hear about their families, etc. They practically become family.

So its like they are intruding into their house and waste a bunch of their sisters.