| Dr. Ignatius Piazza runs a large firearms
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| | Monitor.
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| training resort in the Nevada desert. The
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| | Dr. Ignatius Piazza and the Front Sight
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| Front Sight Firearms Training Institute
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| | Firearms Training Institute may not be
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| is a roughly 45 minute drive from the Las
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| | the first person that springs to mind of
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| Vegas strip. Dr. Ignatius Piazza, a
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| | school administrators when considering
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| former chiropractor who opened the
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| | how to shape school policy after the
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| institute in 1996, asserts that he has
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| | disastrous Virginia Tech shootings,
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| trained tens of thousands of people to
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| | during which the infamous Seung-Hui Cho
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| correctly operate firearms. The institute
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| | killed 32 people and then himself using
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| offers training courses in handguns,
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| | two handguns. While it might seem
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| rifles, shotguns, rifles and submachine
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| | counterintuitive to combat gun violence
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| guns. The institute also offers training
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| | with guns, Dr. Ignatius Piazza contends
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| in martial arts and other forms of
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| | that his idea is not without precedent.
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| self-defense. Dr. Ignatius Piazza is
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| | "My offer is not a new idea," says
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| himself a certified combat master in four
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| | Ignatius Piazza. "In the early 70's,
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| different firearms, making him more than
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| | Israel was faced with much greater
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| qualified to offer training courses. Dr.
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| | problems of armed terrorist attacks on
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| Ignatius Piazza is also the creator of a
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| | schools. The cry for more gun control was
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| reality show airing on Versus (VS)
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| | heard then too, but Israel very carefully
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| network entitled "Front Sight Challenge".
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| | analyzed all possible options before
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| Piazza hired a producer and director
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| | adopting the proactive position of arming
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| himself and sold the completed product to
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| | and training their teachers. School
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| Versus network after three months of
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| | shootings stopped and terrorists looked
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| filming. The show places 40 law
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| | for easier targets."
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| 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 him
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| school district official and designating
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| | up are free to do so.
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| the applicant as the school's Safety
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