Anyone who knows me knows I’m not PC. Being gracious and having manners isn’t the same as being politically correct. Political correctness is crap squirted into an ice cream cone, even when we all should be able to tell the difference. Further, I would tell you people who mistake kindness for weakness are the biggest fools of all. And folks who like to pass negative gossip without confirming it themselves, offer suffer from the same karma, YMMV.
I also know that speculation always works in two directions – and on the internet, it is amplified, and such things can make and break otherwise decent folks – just because camps are made and lines are drawn over otherwise trivial stuff.
Like I said, Front Sight is not on my list of trainers, because their training curriculum does not emulate my incident of encounter – but there are a lot of folks not on my list – and that doesn’t mean squat. Unless these folks shoot the OP while on site, there is little risk for him to take one for the team and then give us a firsthand AAR. And yes, the black and gray uniform is the dumbest idea in the desert, even according to the guys who work there.
On the other hand, I know at least one clown who was summarily dangerous with firearms, even with his Army training – who learned the firearms basics pretty well, after taking a Basic Handgun course. He even remembers all the safety rules, which is a good thing. Heck, even Col. Cooper was an advocate of the modified Weaver – bless his soul – and the fact that current doctrine has improved on such technique does not make him any less an icon. Then again, perhaps so many of us are too high speed to take such a basic course.
I’m no fan of Piazza, but the facility is awesome and I know some of the instructors were very good guys. That’s the extent of my firsthand knowledge, and I try hard not to pass negative stuff about anyone unless I know it firsthand.
And yes, perfect practice tends to make perfect performance. And in the real world, perfect practice doesn’t mean you live, either. When it’s your time, it’s your time. Of course, that reality doesn’t sell training courses, either, now – does it? What’s in vogue today is vogue today, and all of that is temporary. We should always try to obtain the best advantages we can, to be sure – and that is not in dispute. Still, it takes trial and experience before we know what is actually good and what isn’t. If you really think you’re perfect, well…
There is no doubt that there is some twit out there who claims he won’t sleep with Scarlett Johannsen because her boobs are too big. Whatever.