Ignatius Piazza
Any Gun Will Do - If You Will Do!
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| Industry | Firearms Training |
| Founded | Bakersfield, California, U.S. (1996) |
| Founder | Ignatius Piazza |
| Headquarters | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| Website | FrontSight.com |
Coordinates: 36°01′48″N 115°52′59″W / 36.03°N 115.883°W
Front Sight Firearms Training Institute, also known as Front Sight and as Front Sight Resorts was founded in 1996 by Ignatius Piazza. It is a privately owned and operated organization whose purpose is two-fold: 1) to provide training, mostly on how to safely operate firearms in self-defense settings, also referred to as providing "comfort of skill at arms", and 2) an activism goal to "positively change the image of gun ownership in our lifetimes" by repudiating unfavorable views of gun owners put forth by various private gun control, and political, organizations.
Front Sight currently operates two locations, its main location near Pahrump, Nevada, and a summer facility on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska.
The original Front Sight facility was located on rented property near Bakersfield, California. and operated from 1996 until 2002.
In 1998, a 550-acre (220 ha) property in Nye County, between Las Vegas, Nevada and Pahrump, Nevada (near Nevada State Route 160 and Tecopa Road) was purchased and the operation gradually moved there. This location, called "Front Sight Nevada", provides facilities for training in firearms as well as climbing, rappelling, and other forms of self-defense.
The Front Sight Nevada facility is still under development. As of June 2014 the facility includes a 6,000-square-foot (560 m2) classroom area that can seat 450-students, 24 shooting ranges for handgun, rifle, and shotgun (with both static and moving targets), 8 live fire simulator ranges with shooting house, underground training simulators, a gunsmithing facility and armory, a martial arts and edged weapons gym, a rope, rappel and climb facility including zip lines, a pro shop, and food service for breakfast and lunch. An additional 26 shooting ranges are currently under construction. These ranges will expand Front Sight’s capacity to 50 total ranges capable of training up to 2000 students on the property at the same time
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