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Elite Investigative Journal
Integrated Firearm Safety Principles, pg 30-32
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Integrated Firearm Safety Principles: Interview with

Massad Ayoob Interviewed by Sonya Trippett

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Name: Massad Ayoob I
City of birth: Cambridge, MA O

Occupation: Full time firearms/deadly force instructor, part time N
writer/police officer/expert witness in homicide cases

Education: Numerous firearms instructor schools, tactical courses,
homicide/OIS investigation schools
Professional Organizations: 19 years chair of firearms/deadly force

committee for American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers, 11 years
advisory board of International Law Enforcement Educators and

Trainers Assn., 2 years co-vice chair of forensic evidence committee of
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

EIJ: What should be the process for integrating firearms safety back into society?

Mas: No need to integrate back, as it has been there all along. While we don’t see

Hunter Safety taught in public schools as it was when I was young, we have more
NRA-certified instructors than ever, and the upcoming Second Amendment Founda-
tion training contingent. In addition, we have more private firearms training acad-

emies than ever in the history of the world.

EIJ: What steps do your firearm training facility put into place to help mitigate ac-
cidental discharge of a weapon?

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