Instructor Paul Gomez Has Died

[BarryinIN]

I never had a class from him, so only knew of him by reputation. For those who do not know of him, he was based in FL but taught all over and for lot of training outfits. He was in the circle of people like Yancey Harrington, James Yeager, "Southnarc", and Tom Givens. I got this email last night:

It is with great sadness that I have to let everyone know that Paul

Gomez is dead.

I don't know anything concrete, just some rumors. Preliminary

indications are that it was related to his diabetes but this isn't

confirmed. I was told that Paul was headed to Canada to teach and was

denied entry. He was not heard from after returning to the U.S. and

had been reported missing for several days.

Paul was foremost scholar of the firearms training business. If you

needed to know something esoteric, he knew the answer. I had called

Paul on several occasions and he always gave his expertise freely.

Our conversations were never brief and he really helped me implement

good programs for my people. Folks may argue about this, but Paul was

at the bleeding edge of the tactical medicine and was one of the

foremost people to push it into the private citizen sector.

The void that he leaves is huge.