Free Gun Training

kelley kwalker2 at gte.net
Sat Sep 15 20:39:54 PDT 2001


sheesh. here's a thought. lock the fookin' doors to the cabin and don't ever come out, even if they murder all the passengers. duh.

> -----Original Message-----

> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

> September 12, 2001

>

> CONTACT:

> Dr. Ignatius Piazza

> 1.800.987.7719

> Fax: 831.684.2137

> e-mail: info at frontsight.com

> http://www.frontsight.com

>

> FREE GUN TRAINING FOR COMMERCIAL PILOTS

>

> LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: In the aftermath of the World Trade

> Center attack, Front Sight Firearms Training Institute,

> which claims to be the world leader in providing intensified

> courses in the defensive use of firearms for private

> citizens and law enforcement alike, feels they have the

> answer to stopping commercial airliners from being used as

> ballistic missiles. Front Sight will train every commercial

> pilot in the world FREE OF CHARGE in the defensive use of

> the handgun. Front Sight will accept for training all

> certified pilots and co-pilots from all commercial airliners

> that submit a request for training on commercial airliner

> letterhead, designating the pilot and co-pilot to carry a

> handgun in the cockpit to defend access to the airliner. The

> request for training letter must have the notarized

> signature of the airline's chief executive.

>

> Front Sight's Founder and Director, Dr. Ignatius Piazza

> understands that his offer may offend those who lack resolve

> in stopping terrorists from turning airliners into weapons

> of mass destruction. However, he is quick to point out that

> the World Trade Center attack is a new realm of terror, not

> previously witnessed in the world. Prior to the World Trade

> Center attack, terrorists were content to hijack planes and

> divert them to safe landings in exchange for negotiated

> release of imprisoned comrades. In extreme cases, terrorists

> have committed suicide by exploding the grounded plane.

> Airliners have also been targeted with bombs and possibly

> missiles to spectacularly explode in flight, killing all on

> board. The World Trade Center attack was a new form of

> terrorism, where the commercial airliner, loaded with fuel

> for a cross country flight is redirected from the cockpit

> and turned into an accurate missile of mass destruction.

> Front Sight knows this form of terrorism can be stopped

> immediately by arming all pilots and co-pilots and training

> them in the proper methods of defending their cockpits.

>

> "Commercial airliners must be willing to take an

> uncompromising stand that will not allow anyone, under any

> circumstances to access the controls of an airliner," says

> Piazza. "The pilot and co-pilot, are responsible for the

> security of the cockpit. Without a handgun to defend it,

> the cockpit crew is easily defeated. However, when both

> pilot and co-pilot are armed and trained by Front Sight,

> they have the tools, ability, and will to defend themselves

> and repel the murderous intent of terrorists. In an

> emergency, the pilot can fly the plane to a safe landing

> while the co-pilot covers the door of the cockpit- ready and

> willing to use deadly force to prevent anyone from opening

> the door."

>

> Dennis Vied, a retired TWA Captain with 28 years of

> experience flying commercial airliners and Front Sight

> student fully agrees with Front Sight's solution. Captain

> Vied states, "The terrorists knew that they would face no

> opposition to the hijacking, once they managed to get on the

> airplane. All they had to do was threaten to do something to

> a passenger, and they would be allowed access to the

> cockpit. If that didn't work, then they just had to hurt

> somebody, which in this case they did. Apparently they cut

> the throats of two of the flight attendants. The terrorists

> knew they would face no armed opposition, because the

> airline screening process would insure that nobody on the

> airplane would be armed. We have such an abhorrence to guns

> that we fail to allow the good people to arm themselves for

> defense. Therefore they are at the mercy of bad people- in

> this case the terrorists. I sincerely hope that this is a

> wakeup call to America. I think they should arm the crews,

> or at least allow those that want to be armed to do so.

> Otherwise, you're at the mercy of some crazy son-of-a-bitch

> armed with a box cutter! How absolutely absurd! There is so

> much emphasis on prevention, and precious little emphasis on

> the ultimate lines of defense."

>

> Aaron Benedetti, a United Airline 747 co-pilot since 1990 is

> a Platinum member at Front Sight and has already attended

> Front Sight courses in defensive handgun, tactical shotgun,

> and practical rifle. Through Front Sight's training,

> Benedetti is ready, willing and able to defend the cockpit

> of his aircraft if given the proper tools and authority to

> do so. Benedetti states, "We get recurrent training

> regarding hijacking and security procedures, but the

> training centers around placating and negotiating with the

> terrorists to safely land the plane. We are told not to make

> any aggressive move and to work toward a calm outcome. The

> World Trade Center disaster is a real blind spot in our

> training. The attack reveals that perhaps the only way the

> pilots could have stopped it would have been to deny access

> to the cockpit and stop the terrorists from taking over the

> controls of the plane by any means possible. In the future,

> we should consider that with the cockpit doors locked and

> the co-pilot guarding the door with a handgun, calm

> negotiations can still take place via intercom to land the

> plane safely thus avoiding another World Trade Center

> scenario." Aaron Benedetti recommends all airlines to take

> advantage of Front Sight's solution and offer. He returns

> to Front Sight later his year for further training on his

> own.

>

> Lieutenant Bob Redmond, SWAT Commander of Nye County

> Sheriff's Department concurs that Front Sight's training is

> exactly what the commercial airliners need and that they

> should immediately begin sending their pilots to Front

> Sight. Redmond, who sends his SWAT officers to Front Sight

> for firearms and tactical training states, "Front Sight's

> training exceeds levels offered by most if not all law

> enforcement agencies throughout the country. Front Sight's

> training is so good that I want every officer we have in the

> department to attend every course Front Sight offers. If

> airlines sent their pilots to Front Sight, it would be like

> having SWAT officers in the sky."

>

> Mark Donovan, a pilot for Southwest Airlines, who has taken

> over ten Front Sight courses in the last two years finds the

> current situation of unarmed pilots rather incredulous.

> Donavan explains, "The political climate in commercial

> aviation prior to the World Trade Center attack has not been

> conducive to arming pilots. In fact, just the opposite has

> occurred. Airlines have disarmed pilots to the point where

> a terrorist with a box cutter can take over control of a

> plane because no one is armed to defend the plane or

> themselves. Yet, numerous federal agencies are allowed to

> carry a gun on commercial airlines, including such dubiously

> qualified agencies as, Bureau of Engraving and Printing,

> Department of Agriculture, Department of Education, and the

> Smithsonian Institution! Why are federal agents from these

> obscure agencies allowed to carry a gun on board when a

> pilot with firearms training from Front Sight Firearms

> Training Institute is not allowed? My training at Front

> Sight far exceeds anything the federal government offers to

> these agencies." Donovan continues, "If we, as pilots are

> not given the means and authority to defend our aircraft as

> a last means of defense, then who will? It is apparent that

> time was not available to negotiate with the madmen in the

> World Trade Center attack. Clearly, a properly trained

> flight crew with a handgun could have saved countless lives.

> Front Sight offers this training. I urge all federal

> decision makers to seriously examine Front Sight's solution

> to the problem. I believe it is the only credible answer to

> stopping another horrendous tragedy."

> Front Sight is the Solution to Gun Violence

>

> Piazza reiterates, "Front Sight is truly part of the

> solution to gun violence in this country. Everyone agrees

> that law enforcement should have the very best training

> available. Front Sight provides it. And everyone agrees,

> regardless of what side of gun control one stands, that if

> law abiding private citizens are going to own firearms they

> should be trained. Front Sight provides such training to

> levels that exceeds the law enforcement community. Front

> Sight now offers the solution to stopping and forever

> preventing another World Trade Center attack by training

> commercial airline pilots to be that last line of

> defense for their passengers, airline, and our country.

> Front Sight stands ready, willing, and able to serve."

>

> Dr. Ignatius Piazza 1.800.987.7719

> Front Sight Firearms Training Institute www.frontsight.com

> Captain Dennis Vied, retired TWA Pilot 925.455.0133

> Aaron Benedetti, United Airlines Co-Pilot 925.454.5214

> Lt.Bob Redmond, Nye County SWAT Commander 775.751.7002

> Mark Donovan, SouthWest Pilot 702.270.3912

>

>

> http://www.frontsight.com

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