Ignatius Piazza

Ignatius Piazza - Making Friends All Over the World, It Must Be the Mustache

Dr. Ignatius Piazza is the founder and director of Front Sight Firearms Training Institute. A former chiropractor from California, Dr. Piazza realized his dream of Front Sight in 1988. A story which any person of the world can fear equally, Dr. Piazza was in his home, when a group of anti-socials drove through his neighborhood and took shots at the homes in the area. Taking cover at the sounds of gunfire, Dr. Piazza realized that although he had fired guns for many years, he didn't have training necessary to prevent a home invasion, or really to defend himself in the case of an attack. He then became determined to create a place where men and women could learn the basics or expertise of gun training. He wanted to make sure no one would ever have to look far for applicable, knowledgeable gun training.

While his personal mission brought him under shooting school instructors of the highest caliber, it wasn't until he discovered and attained the illustrious Four Weapons Combat Master – one of the world's most difficult firearms certifications – that he was truly able to take off with Front Sight.

Now, Front Sight is not only America's most successful shooting school, training more students annually than all other shooting schools combined, but it is also the world's first residential community based entirely around a shooting school and firing ranges. With a pedigree like that, it's no surprise when Front Sight is the center of attention from all over the planet. Reporters from all over America and all over the world converge on Front Sight to get a better understanding of this unprecedented Mecca of firearms training.

El Mercurio, a Spanish magazine, covered Front Sight, and its response to this hub of gun training, was surprisingly complementary, considering Europe's far more rigid laws and gun control opinions. The writer seemed to enjoy firing a submachine gun, something he had certainly only seen in movies, and something he probably never thought he'd do in real life.