Ignatius Piazza

Firearms Training - Submachine Guns, Ever Wonder?

A writer for Small Arms Review had this to say about the proper method of firing a submachine gun (in this case, an Uzi), "Proper stance to control full-auto fire involves standing bent forward at the waist, with the strong side foot slightly to the rear. The feet are placed at a 30- to 40-degree angle to the body with knees bent, while the elbows are tucked down with the right elbow close to the body as the gun is mounted with its butt high in the natural pocket of the shoulder and the facial cheek contacting the stock."

He wrote this in an article concerning Front Sight Firearms Training Institute. While he wrote that he had fired a fully automatic before, the data he mentions here is exactly what other men and women, graduating Front Sight's free submachine gun course, walk away from the course with. The firearms training at Front Sight is always uniform, every student fully understands the data being taught, for otherwise the instructors have failed.

It is the aim of the founder and director of Front Sight, Dr. Ignatius Piazza, to get all Americans firearms training that equates to self defense training – even the name of the institute, Front Sight, refers to the part of a gun which one uses to take aim at something down-range. He demands of all his instructors that they ensure that the firearms training they deliver is applicable, usable and known by the students.

Considering the rote way that nearly all graduates of the submachine gun class recite back the data listed in the first paragraph here, it is just about certain that the Front Sight instructors are achieving their goal: their firearms training is falling on attentive ears, and students are walking away with excellent understanding of what firearms do and how to use them safely.