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Violence at Church Increasing... Time to Protect YOUR Place of Worship!

June 29, 2009

Dr. Ignatius Piazza
Founder and Director
Front Sight Firearms Training Institute
http://www.frontsight.com
info@frontsight.com
1.800.987.7719

I Will Do My Part to Help. Front Sight Will Reward You,
If You Will Do Your Part to Help...

Protect Your Congregation and Front Sight's $6,900
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(That means no charge for YOUR membership!
But you must act quickly! Offer expires in 21 Days!)

Here's Why...

As the Founder and Director of Front Sight Firearms Training Institute I understand importance of philanthropy, and have donated more than ten million dollars in cash and benefits to date to numerous charitable organizations through my website www.ignatius-piazza.com.

Violence in places of worship is increasing at an alarming rate.

I read a Los Angeles Times Article last week that described more violent attacks occuring in places of worship than even I was aware of. This disturbed me.

These attacks on places of worship will not stop unless something is done about it!

This morning I decided to do something about it in a special way that only Front Sight can offer.

My question to you is: What will YOU do to prevent it from happening in YOUR place of worship?

I have an answer for you... I will put my money where my mouth is to help you protect your place of worship and reward you for doing so...

Read the same Los Angeles Times Article I read last week and then join me in becoming part of the solution to protecting our churches, temples, and synagogues-- and in doing so, I will reward you generously...

Southern California churches prepare in case gun violence shows up at the altar

Kelly Glasscock, / Getty Images

Fearing violence, some Southland churches are taking steps. Above, flowers at Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita, Kans., where Dr. George Tiller was slain this month by an anti-abortion protester.

Made wary by recent events, church leaders are turning to security companies for help and even asking members to carry guns for security reasons.

By Kate Linthicum
June 22, 2009

One Sunday in March, a man strode down the aisle of the First Baptist Church in Maryville, Ill., pulled out a .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol and fired at the pastor.

The Rev. Fred Winters deflected the first bullet with his Bible, sending bits of it into the air like confetti. But the next three rounds hit Winters, killing him.

It wasn't the first church shooting of 2009 -- in February, a man knelt before a cross at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove and killed himself with a gun -- and it wasn't the last. This month, Dr. George Tiller, a Kansas physician who performed late-term abortions, was shot to death in the foyer of his Wichita church by an anti-abortion protester.

Violence in churches is on the rise, experts say.

As more shootings at houses of worship make headlines, churches around the country are stepping up security, training their staff on how to detect and confront violent assailants, and asking congregants with licenses to carry guns during services.

That's what brought 15 Southern California church leaders to Garden Grove last week to attend an "Interfaith Intruder Response" course.

"I think that we're living in a violent time and we have a duty to ensure the safety of our flock," said Fred Rodriguez, a senior pastor at Elsinore First Assembly in Lake Elsinore.

Rodriguez said he came to the seminar because he worries that church violence will get worse. "The Scripture says we're living the last days," the clergyman said. "A person doesn't have to look too far to see evidence."

"There are practical things we can do," he added, "and we let God take care of the rest."

The class, which met in a nondescript hotel conference room, was led by Vaughn Baker, who owns a security company called Strategos International. Baker is one of several church security consultants who travel the country like itinerant preachers, teaching seminars and writing up security plans for church leaders.

After an opening prayer, Baker offered some grim statistics. In the last decade, he said, 50 people were killed and 30 wounded in 35 church shootings. In 2007, there were six church shootings. In 2008, there were 18.

In most cases, the shooter was someone with a connection to the church.

"You guys know the world's not getting better," said Baker, who, along with many church security consultants, is a churchgoer and has a background in law enforcement. "We've got to protect ourselves. . . . The trick of it and the art of it is protecting the congregation and ministry without compromising their sense of worship and refuge and sanctuary."

Traditional security measures, like metal detectors or pat-downs, might compromise that sense of sanctuary, Baker said. So he proposed other, subtler methods. He suggested that churches organize undercover security teams -- and recommended that some members come armed with concealed weapons.

If violence breaks out at church, it could take minutes for even the fastest police and rescue crews to respond, Baker said, "and there's a whole lot of bad that can happen in two to three minutes."

Baker, like other security consultants, said churchgoers need to fight back instead of hiding if they're being attacked, as many students have been coached to do in the event of a school shooting. "If I'm going to get beat, I'm going to get beat doing something," Baker said. "I'm not going to get beat doing nothing."

Seminar attendees -- all men except for two women -- nodded as Baker spoke.

One attendee, Al Brown, of Abundant Living Family Church in Rancho Cucamonga, said the pastor at his church at first was reluctant to let parishioners carry firearms into services. But with some persuasion from Brown, the former police chief at UC Irvine, the pastor came around. "He saw what was happening around the country," Brown said.

Brown said he had attended three church security seminars. He said he did so in part because he worried that his church might be victimized because of its support for Proposition 8, the constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.

Some of the churches that have been the scenes of recent shootings appear to have been targeted because of their stances on political issues such as same-sex marriage and abortion. Last year, a gunman who police said had a "stated hatred of the liberal movement" killed two people during a children's performance at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville because the church advocates for gay rights.

Other shootings have been acts of domestic violence that just happened to occur in a church. That was the case last year when a man shot and killed his estranged wife at St. Thomas Syrian Orthodox Knanaya Church in Clifton, N.J.

Synagogues and black churches, frequent targets of racial vandalism and violence, have long had security measures in place. Even so, some are now boosting their efforts in the wake of several high-profile hate crimes, including this month's shooting at the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.

"For us, it's an old threat that's just lifting its head again," said Paul Goldenberg, the director of the Secure Community Network, which provides security training to Jewish communities. "We have to do all we can."

No matter the shooter's motivation, churches are easy targets, experts say.

"During a church service, you've got a large number of people in a very confined and close space, and an armed gunman can put a lot of lead down the range in a very short amount of time," said Greg Crane, who owns a security consultant firm called Response Options.

"If the devil comes to visit someday," he asked, "how ready are you going to be?"

kate.linthicum@

latimes.com

So listen up...This is not a marketing letter.

This is a letter for every member of every church, temple, and synagogue across America who understands that it is a God Given Right to protect yourself and those of your faith from all forms of danger-- even when protecting your flock may involve the use of deadly force.

This is a letter for every man and woman who understands that evil knows no boundaries and can strike at any time and in any place--even a place of worship.

This is a letter for those who want their place of worship safe and self protected.

I'll do my part to help protect your congregation. Can I count on you to do your part?

Well, here is what I am going to do and I want YOU and everybody you know to participate too.

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Complete the Rapid Enrollment Form Below to Secure YOUR Free Challenge Lifetime Membership. Do it Now-- Before the Free Memberships are Gone!

Either print out the Rapid Enrollment Form and fax to my assistant Jon at 707.837.0131 TODAY (it goes right to his desk so it is safe and secure) or complete the Secure Online Form TODAY (it goes right to the printer on my assistant Jon's desk) or if you like, simply call us at 1.800.987.7719 to enroll TODAY over the phone.

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Again, either print out the Rapid Enrollment Form and fax to my assistant Jon at 707.837.0131 TODAY (it goes right to his desk so it is safe and secure) or complete the secure online form which goes right to the printer on my assistant Jon's desk or if you like, simply call us at 1.800.987.7719 to enroll over the phone.

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Call 1.800.987.7719 and enroll over the phone! If after normal business hours, print out the Rapid Response Enrollment form and fax it in tonight or simply complete the online enrollment form and send it immediately!

Remember, the deadline is Midnight, Wednesday, July 29, 2009 or when we give away the last free membership, whichever comes first! This amazing offer won't last long so respond today to get all the fabulous benefits!

I look forward to seeing you, your family, friends, and members of your place of worship at Front Sight soon!

Sincerely,

Ignatius Piazza