Old Mexican cowboy rounds up gunman like a calf

When an old Mexican cowboy takes off his glasses, you best be prepared.

That's the message Pickle is getting from this badass surveillance footage of an attempted robbery of a butchery.

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Some young punk in a hoodie walks into the shop in Monterrey on Monday and begins bossing around staff and customers with a revolver.

And old mate rocking a Stetson hat is not having any of it.

This cowboy, by the way, has a proper man's handlebar moustache. Not one of those kiddie handlebar moustaches. His moustache could soak up a can of soup.

Anyway, this cowboy calmly takes off his glasses, puts them on the counter, and the moment the thug turns his back, he pounces.

It's a tackle that moves the thief across the room, a la the one Stephen Ferris made on Will Genia in 2011.

In a space of a few seconds, this would-be robber has been stripped of his gun, his baseball cap and his hoodie.

It's then when the staff step in, grabbing the pistol and coathangering the robber as he makes a break for the door.

They made a citizens' arrest and waited for police.

The thief, 21-year-old Jose Gabriel, was arrested.