| Ignatius Piazza agrees: Terrible atrocities | | | | the applicant as the school's Safety Monitor. |
| like the one Americans were forced to witness | | | | |
| on the 16th of April in Virginia cause many | | | | Ignatius Piazza's approach is not a unique |
| different reactions. Typically, the primary | | | | one. His motivation has numerous precedents, |
| reaction is the need for something, sometimes | | | | though publicity for their success is low, |
| advice, maybe companionship, solace or | | | | because the answer is not what legislators |
| guidance. Occasions like this cause us as | | | | want us to accept: gun control; it is gun |
| Americans to turn to family; cause us to turn | | | | responsibility. As Ignatius Piazza himself |
| to friends; an unfortunately increasing | | | | says, "The problem is not guns. Guns don't |
| number turn to psychologists and therapists; | | | | cause these incidents to occur anymore than |
| an even more unfortunate number turn to | | | | cameras cause child pornography or |
| lawmakers. What is it which causes this | | | | automobiles cause traffic fatalities. Israel |
| final reaction? What makes people think that | | | | had the right answer. Society is safer when |
| lawmakers have the cure-all to hideous | | | | we train and arm our law abiding citizens." |
| problems like this? Whatever the reason, | | | | |
| citizens want an assurance that such an act | | | | The example Ignatius Piazza references, |
| couldn't happen again, and recently, many | | | | Israel, is an interesting one. In the early |
| lawmakers have been all too willing to | | | | 70's, Israel was facing terrible a terrible |
| fulfill that assurance. | | | | dilemma in the form of armed terrorist |
| | | | attacks on schools. Obviously, there was a |
| Enter Dr. Ignatius Piazza. Piazza is the | | | | public outcry for gun control. But the |
| founder of Front Sight Firearms Training | | | | Israeli government did not act hastily. They |
| Facility. Front Sight is an acclaimed | | | | considered all options and decided that the |
| firearm training resort-style school near Las | | | | most effective method to prevent hostile |
| Vegas, Nevada. | | | | gun-carriers was to have responsible, capable |
| | | | gun-carriers to deter them. Israel adopted |
| If times like ours force Americans to turn to | | | | the solution of arming and training its |
| experts for advice, Dr. Ignatius Piazza is | | | | teachers. School shootings stopped. |
| the man we should be talking to: not only is | | | | |
| he a Four Weapons Combat Master himself (an | | | | Of course, this is news that Americans don't |
| extremely difficult, rigorous testing of | | | | ever hear, solely because it means that gun |
| firearm proficiency), but Front Sight trains | | | | control does not work and gun training does. |
| and graduates more fully trained firearms | | | | And that is the last thing gun-control |
| users than all other firearm institutes in | | | | legislators want the citizenry to realize: |
| America combined. | | | | that responsibility and gun training are the |
| | | | keys to preventing violent gun deaths. |
| Very recently, Ignatius Piazza has decided | | | | |
| that Front Sight will be taking an entirely | | | | So what should Americans do? Should we turn |
| new approach to the problem of violent gun | | | | to our gun-control-crazed legislators and ask |
| deaths in schools. Piazza announced that | | | | them to stop law-abiding citizens from |
| Front Sight will now be offering free | | | | carrying any and all firearms while waiting |
| firearms training to any school | | | | for the law-breaking citizens to take |
| administrator, teacher, or full time staff | | | | advantage of the fact that no one carries |
| member designated as school Safety Monitors. | | | | firearms anymore? Or should we turn to |
| Obviously, "Safety Monitor" is not a title | | | | Ignatius Piazza and Front Sight and train our |
| one affixes to oneself to get free training. | | | | teachers and administrators in effective, |
| Applicants must submit a letter requesting | | | | responsible handling of firearms to prevent |
| training on school letterhead signed by the | | | | such atrocities from occurring ever again? |
| top school district official and designating | | | | |