Brave? Perhaps. Stupid? Abso-fucking-lutely!!! Didn't this idiot realize that the thief or one of his buddies could've had a knife or a gun, at which point, dude would be dead? Doesn't really matter if you're three times the size and twice as strong as the punk. It doesn't take that much strength to pull a trigger.
KIDS. SERIOUSLY, DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!!!