Taya Kyle, the widow of the real-life United States Navy SEAL Chris Kyle who inspired the 2014 film "American Sniper," took on NRA champion marksman Bruce Piatt in a Texas shooting competition over the weekend, News Max reported. Using TrackingPoint firearms technology, Kyle won the competition and raised $500,000 for the Chris Kyle Frog Foundation.
"For me, I think the technology is life-saving for our first responders and our military members," Kyle told Fox News. "I think it's going to help decrease any accidents, it's gonna help with efficiency. I know there are guys who would be alive today if they had this technology because some of it works in such a way that they don't have to expose their body to enemy fire to still make an accurate shot."
Kyle is a novice marksman, but the TrackingPoint technology helped her to make 100 percent of her shots during the Inaugural American Sniper Shootout on Dec. 5 in Mason, according to the local paper, San Antonio-Express News. She beat Piatt's 58.6 percent score, but Piatt didn't use the precision-guided firearms. He used three traditional military-grade guns instead during the event meant to raise awareness for the TrackingPoint technology and to shed light on the needs of military families.
"The technology in the TrackingPoint system became shockingly obvious when a novice shooter like Taya Kyle was able to complete the American Sniper Shootout without a miss," Piatt said in a news release obtained by the San Antonio-Express. "Just imagine if these were in the hands of our police and military units. I wish they were available when I was wearing a badge and coordinating the SWAT team."
Kyle donated her $500,000 prize to her late husband's Chris Kyle Frog Foundation, which benefits the families of military members and first responders.
See the full Fox News interview with Kyle below.
