Ignatius Piazza

Uncle Sam Wants YOU: To Get Shotgun Training

Shotgun training is a term that is certainly not heard very often in America today. Firearms enthusiasts aren't always greeted with the best of mindsets. In fact, if asked, an average American would probably respond that they wouldn't trust the average person looking for shotgun training. But Dr. Ignatius Piazza, the founder and director of Front Sight Firearms Training Institute, would have something else to say on the matter. Front Sight is the nation's largest firearms training school. Annually, Front Sight delivers gun training to more students than all other shooting schools in America combined. And their students are not limited to what the average American visualizes when they think of a gun user: gun-toting redneck or right-wing neo-NAZI nut.

According to Dr. Piazza, a Four Weapons Combat Master - the most difficult firearms training certification in the world - the entirety of his students are normal Americans, looking for a way to keep themselves and their family members safe. Many of Front Sight's students are lawyers, teachers, optometrists, secretaries, dentists, contractors, all sorts of men and women! And that's not to mention the two or three cops that attend nearly every class. And no, they're not there to check up on the goings-on, they're there to get further training. Police departments from all over America send troopers and officers to Front Sight regularly to receive firearms training - handgun training, shotgun training and rifle training - which stands superior to the training available at most police academies.

Not only do police officers receive the training available at Front Sight, many of the instructors are former police officers. Not only are many former police officers, there are former military personnel on the instruction staff as well. For who else would you want delivering shotgun training than someone who held a shotgun to save their life for several years?