Ignatius Piazza


Concealed Carry Training – Pack Heat Quietly


Concealed carry training is one of the many things that Front Sight Firearms Training Institute specializes in. Front Sight is the nation’s largest, most successful shooting school. Founded in April of 1996 by Dr. Ignatius Piazza, Front Sight trains more students than all other shooting schools in America combined, and the students keep coming back. Concealed carry training, however, is one of those subjects that cause Americans to cringe and pause. Training to give citizens the right to bear arms without showing that they’re in the open? Training which allows citizens to hide a weapon with which they could protect themselves by catching a criminal off-guard and unprepared? Training which is nothing more than making responsible, law-abiding citizens more responsible and more able to live their lives happily and safely? One can see why there might be objections to Front Sight, Ignatius Piazza and responsible firearms training...

Objections to concealed carry training or concealed carry permits are inane. The background check for the permit to bear concealed weapons is extremely extensive. No criminal or potentially criminal could ever gain such a permit. The only thing that will occur by preventing citizens from carrying concealed weapons is citizens who already break laws, criminals, will take advantage of the fact that there are even more citizens who have no way of defending themselves against those with guns and kill and steal even more.

When faced with this fact: only law-abiding citizens abide by laws, why would any lawmaker try to stop a citizen from bearing weapons? If criminals are already armed (and well!), shouldn’t law-abiding citizens have a way to defend themselves? It is not the job of the police to be everywhere at the same time, citizens must be able to defend themselves, and firearms are the only way to do that. Concealed carry training is the only way to accomplish that. Front Sight’s concealed carry training is world-class, top-notch and should be made available to all citizens.


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