Front Sight Firearms Institute Sued for Racketeering

http://www.gunguys.com/?p=362



It looks like Mike Magnum’s old buddies at the Front Sight Firearms Institute are in a little bit of trouble. Oh, not because they let children play with firearms (after all, that’s completely legal, right?), but because they’re facing a lawsuit and racketeering charges.

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The staccato of controlled bursts from Uzi submachine guns was mixed with the excited laughter of children climbing 200 feet up a rock wall. In a scenario revisited on a regular basis at Front Sight Firearms Training Institute, 300 students of all ages converged at the desert playground for active families and firearms enthusiasts.

Students from New York to California spent four days taking courses in rappelling, defensive handgun, tactical shotgun and practical rifle, unaware that just a few days earlier a federal lawsuit that could prove potentially disastrous to this planned firearms community was filed in federal court.

…The 26-page complaint against Front Sight centers on membership benefits and promises. At the organization’s inception in 1998, memberships were sold to fund construction of shooting ranges. Free classes for life with memberships that could be willed to family members were attractive to gun owners who sought professional training. Additional benefits - like home sites - were promised for higher priced memberships.
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Apparently the “Institute” was all but extorting money from its customers, including Bill Haag, who paid a huge amount of money for a house site that never got used.
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it's like a gun fetish