| Dr. Ignatius Piazza runs a large firearms
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| | Monitor.
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| training resort in the Nevada desert.
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| | Dr. Ignatius Piazza and the Front Sight
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| The Front Sight Firearms Training
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| | Firearms Training Institute may not be
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| Institute is a roughly 45 minute drive
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| | the first person that springs to mind of
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| from the Las Vegas strip. Dr. Ignatius
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| | school administrators when considering
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| Piazza, a former chiropractor who opened
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| | how to shape school policy after the
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| the institute in 1996, asserts that he
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| | disastrous Virginia Tech shootings,
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| has trained tens of thousands of people
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| | during which the infamous Seung-Hui Cho
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| to correctly operate firearms. The
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| | killed 32 people and then himself using
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| institute offers training courses in
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| | two handguns. While it might seem
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| handguns, rifles, shotguns, rifles and
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| | counterintuitive to combat gun violence
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| submachine guns. The institute also
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| | with guns, Dr. Ignatius Piazza contends
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| offers training in martial arts and other
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| | that his idea is not without precedent.
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| forms of self-defense. Dr. Ignatius
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| | "My offer is not a new idea," says
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| Piazza is himself a certified combat
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| | Ignatius Piazza. "In the early 70's,
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| master in four different firearms, making
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| | Israel was faced with much greater
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| him more than qualified to offer training
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| | problems of armed terrorist attacks on
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| courses. Dr. Ignatius Piazza is also
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| | schools. The cry for more gun control
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| the creator of a reality show airing on
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| | was heard then too, but Israel very
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| Versus (VS) network entitled "Front Sight
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| | carefully analyzed all possible options
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| Challenge". Piazza hired a producer and
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| | before adopting the proactive position of
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| director himself and sold the completed
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| | arming and training their teachers.
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| product to Versus network after three
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| | School shootings stopped and terrorists
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| months of filming. The show places 40
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| | looked for easier targets."
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| law enforcement officers in competition
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| | There is evidence that a gun in the hand
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| against 40 citizens aged 15 to 65. The
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| | of a teacher will stop an armed attacker.
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| competitions on the show are designed to
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| | The vice-principal of a school in Pearl,
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| test the contestant's skills with a
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| | Mississippi used his handgun to stop and
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| variety of firearms, including handguns,
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| | detain an armed killer until the police
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| rifles, shotguns and submachine guns.
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| | arrived. Dr. Piazza adds, "It seems
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| The solution offered by Dr. Ignatius
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| | obvious that armed and trained staff
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| Piazza and the Front Sight Firearms
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| | members inside the school are in a better
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| Training Institute is free firearms
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| | position to identify the attackers and do
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| training to any school administrator,
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| | something immediately to resolve the
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| teacher, or full time staff member
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| | situation. It is much harder for police,
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| designated as school Safety Monitors.
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| | who arrive on the scene too late to stop
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| Front Sight will accept for training up
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| | the killing."
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| to three staff members from each school,
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| | In light of all this information, Dr.
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| college or university. Applicants must
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| | Ignatius Piazza has stepped up and
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| submit a letter requesting training on
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| | offered help to schools and school
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| school letterhead signed by the top
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| | administrators. Those that would take
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| school district official and designating
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| | him up are free to do so.
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| the applicant as the school's Safety
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