| Front Sight Firearms Training Facility is the | | | | getting training from men who were, at the |
| internationally acclaimed training institute | | | | time, the world's experts on firearm use. |
| near Las Vegas, Nevada. At the wheel of | | | | |
| Front Sight is its founder and director, Dr. | | | | Dr. Piazza, despite being a certified expert |
| Ignatius Piazza, a former chiropractor. Dr. | | | | in Special Pistol, Shotgun, Carbine and Rifle |
| Piazza established Front Sight a little over | | | | courses, needed to put in hundreds of |
| eleven years ago and has since then made it | | | | additional hours to achieve the skill needed |
| into a massive resort, training more students | | | | to pass the Four Weapons Combat Master test. |
| every year than all the other shooting | | | | Even then, he failed the test several times, |
| schools in the U.S. combined. Front Sight is | | | | but finally in August of 1993, became the |
| operated without any sort of Boot Camp | | | | second man in the world to secure the |
| mentality, and the instructors are nothing | | | | certificate. |
| like the Drill Sergeants one may come to | | | | |
| expect. Hands down, Front Sight is the | | | | Dr. Piazza's extensive training, spanning |
| finest firearm training institute in the | | | | over several years and several thousand hours |
| nation. | | | | of tutelage, granted him the understanding of |
| | | | what an ideal training routine would be. |
| Dr. Piazza's mission to train and educate | | | | Thus, he formed Front Sight, pouring all of |
| America on the safe, effective, responsible | | | | his knowledge, understanding and trainability |
| use of firearms came about in 1988. His life | | | | into its format and course layout. |
| and home were threatened by a drive-by | | | | |
| shooting, and in this moment he realized that | | | | The end product of Front Sight is not |
| although he had spent several years firing | | | | necessarily someone who can pass the Four |
| guns and being an all-around gun enthusiast, | | | | Weapons Combat Master test, though one could |
| he had no actual training on how to use a | | | | train that far if they so desired. The |
| firearm to protect his life, or the lives of | | | | intent of Front Sight and Dr. Piazza is to |
| his loved ones. | | | | train Americans in what truly is an art form: |
| | | | firearms. Front Sight and Dr. Piazza are |
| This started Dr. Piazza on a mission to train | | | | trying to honor what the Founding Fathers |
| himself fully on how to become a master of | | | | clearly intended for America: a responsible, |
| the use of firearms. Through his training | | | | capable, trained militia as laid out in the |
| regimen, he came across a nigh-unheard of | | | | Second Amendment. The right to bear arms and |
| classification: Four Weapons Combat Master. | | | | train in their responsible, effective use is |
| Published in 1981, it is a test which before | | | | clearly protected in America, and Dr. Piazza |
| 1993 only one man had ever successfully | | | | desires that for all Americans. |
| passed. Dr. Piazza worked for months, | | | | |