Ignatius Piazza, the founder of the nation's most successful firearms training facility, teaches people of all sizes how to defend themselves in life threatening situations. If you are a big person, tall and wide of girth, you may be lulled into a feeling of security as your size is a protection in itself. In many situations this may be true, but consider this story before you dismiss firearms training as an option: On December 15th, 2007 three linemen on the North Carolina football team called 911 from an off-campus apartment. They were drunk, half-naked and bound at the wrists and ankles. The three linemen (names were withheld in the article due to its status as a sex offense), stand at least 6 feet tall and weigh 275 pounds, were the victims of two women and a naked man with a kitchen knife (Michael Brick, NY Times).



One of the women started to engage in concentual sex with one of the football players and tied is ankles together with either shoelaces or a belt, at which time the lineman balked and refused to continue with the sex. Then a naked man put a knife to his throat and continued to tie his hands behind his back. The naked man went on to do the same to the other linebackers. Fortunately, one of the linebackers had a chance to call 911 before he was bound. Police showed up in the middle of the crime and arrested the perpetrators. They speculate that these three football players were targeted for their status as college heroes.

Front Sight, created by the ?Millionaire Patriot?, Ignatius Piazza, teaches people not only how to press a trigger, but how to used your mind in certain situations. Ignatius Piazza's goal, when he founded Front Sight in 1996 was not just to train people how to defend themselves with firearms, but how to defend themselves with their minds and their bodies. In the case of the three college football players, they had ample opportunities to defend themselves but because they had no training from Front Sight, they did not recognize what those opportunities were, much less act on them. True, they were intoxicated, but proper self-defense training that was second nature to them would have prevented the assault from escalating to the point it go to. Remember, these are big guys, but because they probably in their lives never faced violence they never thought they would be in a position to defend their lives.

That is where a place like Front Sight comes in. Ignatius Piazza only hires the best instructors in the nation. The instructors at Front Sight teach you not only how to use a firearm, but also how to use your body and mind in tandem, and most importantly, how to take advantage of your size. Every person, no matter how big or small has gifts and skills they are not aware of and Front Sight instructors teach individuals to recognize what they are but how to use them to your benefit.