| It is an unfortunate testament to our times | | | | applicant as the school's Safety Monitor. |
| that most everyone in America is familiar | | | | Obviously, this is an idea that many people |
| with the schools named Columbine, Littleton | | | | who think they know something about gun |
| and Southwood not because their merit or a | | | | safety and responsibility will be opposed to |
| remarkable education or curriculum, but | | | | - wrongly. Dr. Piazza has a response to |
| because of the horrendous atrocities that | | | | them: "My offer is not a new idea. In the |
| have been committed in these places. In | | | | early 70's, Israel was faced with much |
| light of adding another name to that list - | | | | greater problems of armed terrorist attacks |
| Virginia Tech - Dr. Ignatius Piazza, founder | | | | on schools. The cry for more gun control was |
| of the impressive Front Sight Firearms | | | | heard then too, but Israel very carefully |
| Training Facility has made it his new mission | | | | analyzed all possible options before adopting |
| to bring about a change in the mentality of | | | | the proactive position of arming and training |
| America when it comes to gun control in | | | | their teachers. School shootings stopped and |
| schools. Dr. Piazza accurately points out | | | | terrorists looked for easier targets. … |
| where Americans are going wrong in handling | | | | Israel had the right answer. Society is safer |
| this inflating problem: "In our country, | | | | when we train and arm our law-abiding |
| every time a misguided individual on | | | | citizens. As the defensive training leader in |
| psychiatric drugs goes on a killing spree, | | | | the USA, Front Sight is willing and able to |
| anti-self-defense legislators watch the polls | | | | set the example for the rest of the country |
| and exploit the dead victims in order to fool | | | | to follow." Dr. Piazza's idea is the ideal |
| the public into accepting more gun control. | | | | one - quick, responsible, preventative action |
| It is time our country finds some resolve and | | | | which will deter future gunmen and potential |
| the will to tackle the real problem- which is | | | | murderers. He maintains that gun control |
| rooting out the actual influences in the | | | | never has and never will stop criminals and |
| lives of our youth that predispose them to | | | | madmen from carrying out acts of gun |
| commit atrocities such as those we saw at | | | | violence. And he's correct: the problem with |
| Virginia Tech. The problem is not guns. | | | | making laws to prevent people from having |
| Guns don't cause these incidents to occur | | | | access to firearms is that the people who |
| anymore than cameras cause child pornography | | | | commit murder with firearms typically aren't |
| or automobiles cause traffic fatalities." As | | | | law-abiding citizens in the first place! By |
| such, Dr. Piazza has shifted gears at Front | | | | training our educators and school staff |
| Sight - the firearm training facility | | | | members in effective, responsible, capable |
| responsible for turning out more trained | | | | handling of firearms, Americans can |
| individuals annually than all other training | | | | effectively end school massacres like the one |
| facilities in the nation combined. Front | | | | we were just subjected to. Dr. Ignatius |
| Sight is offering free firearms training to | | | | Piazza and Front Sight Firearms Training |
| any school administrator, teacher, or full | | | | Facility have the right answer: responsible |
| time staff member designated as school Safety | | | | training. And now he's offering it free to |
| Monitors. Front Sight will accept for | | | | all schools - just so that the knowledge will |
| training up to three staff members from each | | | | get used for the right reason. Whatever your |
| school, college or university. Applicants | | | | view on gun control, you must support Dr. |
| must submit a letter requesting training on | | | | Piazza, you must support Front Sight, his is |
| school letterhead signed by the top school | | | | the solution to violent school deaths. |
| district official and designating the | | | | |