{"id":7284,"date":"2014-04-10T00:56:19","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T07:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com\/?p=7284"},"modified":"2021-06-29T18:56:11","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T01:56:11","slug":"front-sight-blog-video-letter-ft-hood-survivor-proves-military-touch-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com\/2014\/04\/10\/front-sight-blog-video-letter-ft-hood-survivor-proves-military-touch-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Front Sight Blog: (video) and Letter from Ft. Hood Survivor, Proves Military is Out of Touch With Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1em;\">My New Year&#8217;s Resolution is to be as pro-active as possible in spreading the truth about the importance of our cherished Second Amendment, while exposing the liars, whores and thieves who conspire to strip us of our freedoms, and to continue to provide you and the rest of America with the absolute greatest opportunities to become armed and trained.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1em;\">I firmly believe our future, and the future of our children and grandchildren, depends on it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1em;\">As part of my New Year&#8217;s Resolution, I will do my very best to deliver to you hard-hitting and entertaining blogs. You can help greatly, by doing two things for me&#8230;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 1em;\">Send me great videos and articles you find, to share with our hundreds of thousands of Front Sight Subscribers.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 1em;\">When I send you a Front Sight Blog, please forward it to all on your list and ask them to do the same. With hundreds of thousands of Front Sight subscribers and the vast power of the Internet, we can literally educate the world if we each do our part. I will dedicate my time and resources to this end. Please assist me in our mission to pro-actively and positively change the image of gun ownership in our lifetimes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\"><strong>With that in mind, here are two very powerful videos and an even more powerful letter from a soldier who survived the Ft. Hood attack. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\"><strong>The   first video is from Col. Bart Billings, a clinical psychologist with 34   year of military experience, showing how the military is unknowingly   creating Post-Traumatic Stress DISORDER by treating soldiers with psych   meds and adversely altering the normal process that we all go through in   handling post-traumatic stress. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\"><strong>The second video is from FOX News and demonstrates how out of touch our military experts are when it comes to stopping   the root cause that is turning non violent people into suicidal   monsters,   protecting our soldiers against Ft. Hood type attacks, and   preventing another attack from happening. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\"><strong>Then   see the letter from a soldier who was there, and instead of ending the   attack, was forced to hide with 14 other soldiers because he was   disarmed by his own government.  The only reason he is alive today to   write his letter to you is because another disarmed soldier sacrificed   his life to barricade a door with his body. This soldier has a definite   difference of opinion with the military &#8220;experts&#8221; in the FOX video who   state that military personnel do not want to be armed and arming them   would cause more problems for the &#8220;trained professionals&#8221; who arrive 15   minutes after the shooting starts. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"vid\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F02HElsg8uI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/embed.js?id=3428364803001&#038;w=520&#038;h=293\"><\/script><noscript>Watch the latest video at <a href=\"http:\/\/video.foxnews.com\">video.foxnews.com<\/a><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"news\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\"><strong>Here is the Letter from First Lieutenant Patrick Cook of the 49th Transportation Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas&#8230;<\/strong> <\/p>\n<div class=\"newsarticle\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\"> To my friends, fellow Texans, brothers in arms, members of the committee, and everyone within the sound of my voice, greetings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\"> My name is First Lieutenant Patrick Cook of the 49th Transportation   Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas, and this past Wednesday I found myself   trapped in an enclosed room with fourteen of my fellow Soldiers, one of   whom was barricading the door against a madman with a .45 pistol when he   was fatally shot. Through what I can only describe as a miracle, he   somehow found enough strength to continue pushing against that door   until the shooter gave up and went elsewhere, at which time he   collapsed. Nearly a week later, I can still taste his blood in my mouth   from when I and my comrades breathed into his lungs for 20 long minutes   while we waited for a response from the authorities. This Soldier&#8217;s name   was Sergeant First Class Daniel Ferguson, and his sacrifice loaned me   the rest of my life to tell this story.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\"> But I write to you today   not to memorialize this brave Soldier, nor to tell a war story about how   we made the best of a losing situation, but to express the part of that   story that some in high positions of power clearly do not want told: I   knew this was going to happen. I had been saying for five years that   Fort Hood was a tinderbox of another massacre waiting to happen. It had   to happen, because our betters failed to learn the obvious lesson of   five years ago. Worse yet, I know it will happen again. More will die,   more will be wounded, more families will be torn apart, needlessly. It   happened again, and will happen again, because Fort Hood is a gun free   zone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\"> When the first shots rang out, my hand reached to my belt   for something that wasn&#8217;t there. Something that could have put a stop to   the bloodshed, could have made it merely an &#8220;ugly incident&#8221; instead of   the horrific massacre that I will surely remember as the darkest twenty   minutes of my life.  Stripped of my God-given Right to arm myself, the   only defensive posture I had left was to lie prostrate on the ground,   and wait to die. As the shooter kicked at the door, I remember telling   myself, &#8220;oh well, this is it.&#8221; It is beneath human dignity to experience   the utter helplessness I felt that day. I cannot abide the thought that   anyone should ever feel that again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\"> At the point blank range at   which this shooting occurred, anyone with an M9 and some basic   instruction could have ended the mayhem as quickly as it began. An MP by   trade and a CHL holder, I am convinced that concealed weapons would   have stopped it, but openly carried side-arms, like the ones carried in a   law enforcement capacity, could have prevented it entirely. Instead,   many more died because of the fatally misguided restrictions on the   carrying of arms, which obviously the madman did not respect.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\"> I   shall conclude by restating my warning. This will happen again, and   again until we learn the lesson that suppressing the bearing of arms   doesn&#8217;t prevent horrific crimes, it invites them. To those of you who   hold elected office, if you hear nothing else I have told you, hear   this: you have the power to stop the next massacre from happening. You   have an opportunity to restore the sacred Right to bear arms, which has   been either stripped entirely or unjustly relegated to the poor   substitute of a probationary, government-issued privilege. For God&#8217;s   sake, do the right thing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\"> Thank you for your attention, and good day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\"><strong>Comments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\">Anytime   you want to stop a trend or even reverse it, go back to a time when you   did not have the problem and determine what has changed. <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\">There   is ONE and ONLY ONE common denominator in ALL of the murderous rampages   over the last 20 years and that common denominator is PSYCH DRUGS. We   did not have these problems BEFORE the military got in bed with drug   pushing psychiatrists and the pharmaceutical industry. Once the military   started disrupting normal brain function and altering the way our   soldiers NORMALLY handle post-traumatic stress, by filling our soldiers   with violence and suicide inducing drugs, we started having these   problems. <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\">To   make matters worse, our military did not recognize the right target   (psychiatrists and their drugs) and fueled the fire by increasing   psychiatric intervention and prescription of more and more psych drugs! <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\">Here is where we are now&#8230;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 0 20px ; \">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:1em; margin-top:0;\">The   Army issues psych drugs like they are dolling out candy bars. 16% of   all service men are sent into combat with a rucksack full of psych   drugs. When they return to the US, 37% of our young men and women are   diagnosed by a psychiatrist as having &#8220;Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder&#8221;   and given more suicide and violence inducing psych drugs. Pharmaceutical   companies are making billions of dollars in profits at tax payer   expense and our government is creating a suicide epidemic! <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\">As   a result of the over-prescription of these suicidal drugs, 23 veterans   and military personnel kill themselves EVERY DAY. More service members   kill themselves every day than are killed in battle! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cchr.org\/videos\/the-hidden-enemy.html\">http:\/\/www.cchr.org\/videos\/the-hidden-enemy.html<\/a> THIS IS A CRIME AGAINST AMERICA&#8217;S FINEST MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE TO PROTECT US. <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0;\">The   Army puts a rifle in our sons&#8217; hands, violence and suicide inducing   drugs in their ruck sack, and then when they come home, slaps them with a   PTSD diagnosis, gives them more psych drugs and disarms everyone on our   military bases, leaving them defenseless against the monsters the Army   is unknowingly creating with their psych drugs. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:1em 0;\"><strong>So how do we stop this insanity?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\"><strong>Go   back to the way we operated BEFORE we created the problem with   psychiatrists in the military and their prescription of violence and   suicide inducing drugs to our young men and women.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\"><strong>And here is a 6th grade simple solution that my 5th   grade son came up with yesterday.  He asked, &#8220;Dad, why would anyone   want a soldier in the military who is mentally ill? Shouldn&#8217;t they be   sent home to rest if they are that sick?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\">So there you have it&#8230; the 6th grade simple solution.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\">\n    Honorably discharge those who must have psychiatric drugs to carry out their duties.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\">\n    Stop   disrupting and altering the brain&#8217;s normal function in handling   post-traumatic stress. Stop prescribing psych drugs and creating   Post-Traumatic Stress DISORDER<strong> in people who are normally handling post-traumatic stress. <\/strong>Give them the rest and the time to normally and naturally heal. <\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\">\n    <strong>Stop all government funding of psychiatry. PSYCHIATRY DOES NOT WORK. <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\"><strong>And   allow military personnel to be armed on all military bases.  We only   create &#8220;Helpless Victim Zones&#8221; when we enforce  &#8220;Gun Free Zones.&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\"><strong>Please forward this e-mail, to everyone you know and encourage them to do the same. Spread the truth about WHY more soldiers and veterans are killing themselves every day. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\">And be part of the solution for a stronger America!  Take advantage of our 5 Day Defensive Handgun Course, 30 State Concealed Weapon Permit and our entire set of 7 training manuals (over $2700 in total value) for only $200. <strong>Get yourself and your family trained!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\">That&#8217;s right! Only $200. But you will need to act fast. Go here <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frontsight.com\/patriot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.frontsight.com\/patriot\/<\/a> to grab a <strong>5   Day Front Sight Course, plus 30 State Concealed Weapons Permit, and our   entire set of 7 Front Sight Training Manuals for only $200. Just do it   before the offer sells out!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"vid2\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1em;\">And here is a great video we recently created so you can share it with your family and friends:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1em;\" align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1Wv-kXxitPg?rel=0\" height=\"293\" width=\"521\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1em;\">I highly recommend you view it in 720 (a selection you can make at the bottom of the video window)&#8230;so you can see all the awesome detail.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ignatius Piazza<br \/>\nFounder and Director<br \/>\n<a title=\"front sight\" href=\"\/front-sight\/\">Front Sight<\/a> Firearms Training Institute<br \/>\n7975 Cameron Drive, #900<br \/>\nWindsor, CA 95492<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.frontsight.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.frontsight.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:info@frontsight.com\">info@frontsight.com<\/a><br \/>\n1.800.987.7719<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is First Lieutenant Patrick Cook of the 49th Transportation Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas, and this past Wednesday I found myself trapped in an enclosed room with fourteen of my fellow Soldiers, one of whom was barricading the door against a madman with a .45 pistol when he was fatally shot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,1,5,8,23,14],"tags":[1273,4600,1784,1127,2877,558,363,2872,2219,1322,70,510,3201,4205,2142,3045,2871,1298,402,1739,2188,3431,2424,237,64,2162,4081,665,124,1161,1320,204,140,616,1683,71,1112,296,2416,2849,3940,3687,522,2716,2303,4443,3466,3117,4673,4201,1944,85,62,1609,1222,3190,579,26,19,1710,2853,2054,1344,3145,3749,3737,549,1650,1308,4705,9,542,271,597,1674,263,581,59,2631,3148,1391,988,187,3752,872,366,1102,739,107,430,4723,3694,1107,10,1625,987,953,1324,210,2874,568,4510,4099,218,1363,1105,3306,3451,3748,262,2072,4164,2605,1612,2764,3612,4166,678,3416,2256,215,3755,1214,1610,4327,730,4253,340,4049,4050,1037,232,2524,783,3350,4252,2878,2778,4107,3982,4680,3764,3681,1814,1398,128,3832,3803,151,3965,1511,1211,2128,4790,1590,2261,2652,346,31,2365,1301,269,2473,75,2202,2083,2395,1870,2257,4768,765,4165,4103,4133,339,69,1418,1008,719,811,202,926,139,4772,3512,2385,1641,4775,1383,2235,4101,47,617,1386,3334,1856],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7284"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7284"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10979,"href":"https:\/\/ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7284\/revisions\/10979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}