| The Front Sight Firearms training institute, located in | | | | very young age. This has led him to take many |
| the Nevada desert, has become host and master of | | | | firearms training courses. Much of this training was at |
| a whole new kind of reality show, one where the | | | | the Front Sight Firearms Training Institute. Other |
| contestants try to eliminate each other in a rather | | | | notable representatives of the citizenry that will be |
| unusual manner: by shooting one another. | | | | facing off against the law enforcement officers over |
| The show is titled "Front Sight Challenge" and airs on | | | | the course of the "Front Sight Challenge", which |
| Fridays on the Versus (VS) network, which was | | | | started on January 5 and ends in July, are a |
| formerly the Outdoor Life Network. The creator of | | | | 15-year-old, a grandmother of five, a surgeon and a |
| the show, Ignatius Piazza, is also the founder of the | | | | real estate agent. Said Clark, "I thought it would be a |
| Front Sight Firearms Training Institute. Piazza hired a | | | | neat idea for police officers and civilians to compete |
| producer and director himself and sold the completed | | | | against each other in a firearms survival show." |
| product to Versus network after three months of | | | | A spokesperson for Versus, which also owns the |
| filming. The show places 40 law enforcement officers | | | | rights to air such sports as the National Hockey |
| in competition against 40 citizens aged 15 to 65. The | | | | League and the World Combat League, spoke to the |
| competitions on the show are designed to test the | | | | congruence of "Front Sight Challenge" with the other |
| contestant's skills with a variety of firearms, including | | | | programs on Versus. Said Katie Bradshaw, "We are |
| handguns, rifles, shotguns and submachine guns. | | | | always looking for new programming that |
| One example of the citizens appearing on the show | | | | complements what is on the network, and this show |
| is retired middle school art teacher Dave Clark. Clark, | | | | fits into our overall network field sports programming. |
| who is 64, has been intrigued by firearms since a | | | | |