jboch

http://www.gunssavelife.com/?page_id=68 CCRA/GSL member for 15 years and VP for almost as long. Lead instructor for GSL Defense Training with nearly 15-years experience as a handgun instructor and more recently rifle instructor as well, teaching hundreds of people (kids and adults like) basic firearm safety and handling skills. Editor emeritus of GunNews. Grew up in Hillsboro, IL. University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign Alumni. Works as an office manager during the day, publication editor at night and firearms instructor on the weekends. Firearm training junkie. Graduate of shooting schools taught by nationally-known instructors Massad Ayoob (Lethal Force Institute, 299/300 qualification score), John Farnam (Defense Training International), Pat Rogers (EAG Tactical), “Sully” Sullivan (Defensive Edge), John Krupa (Spartan Tactical Training Group, class top individual combined skills shooter), Frank Sharp (Fortress Defense), Steve Tarani and classes from numerous other regional and local instructors on firearms and defense topics as diverse as exhibition shooting (shooting trap with a rifle among other fun stuff), defensive knife, speed skills and first aid. United States Rifle Association Certified Instructor, Appleseed Intructor (in training), NRA Certified Rifle, Pistol and Personal Protection in the Home instructor. Teaches primarily with GSL Defense Training, but does 100% volunteer work for USRA, RWVA and the longest-running NRA Youth Shooting Camp in the USA, recently promoted to running the pistol line there. Married to guns and firearms training, and enjoys photography, flashlights, amateur radio as hobbies. Shares the home with three furry ferrets and a delightful woman who could do better than John. Terribly unlucky, John has tragically lost most of his guns and ammo in a series of boating accidents.

HAPPY VETERANS DAY! We honor your service!

Happy Veterans Day.  Even if you have to work and your kids have school, it's still appropriate to take a few minutes - or hours - to reflect upon those heroes who served our nation to protect the freedom we all enjoy. AWR Hawkins at Breitbart offers this short, but…

UPDATE: Mentally ill Leftist ‘women’ continue their jihad against themselves

Update to our recent story about the temper tantrum of Leftist "women" about the election. https://www.gunssavelife.com/2024/11/07/dont-look-now-gun-owners-unattractive-women-pledging-to-without-sex-from-trump-voters/   Your terms are acceptable. We don’t care. pic.twitter.com/518CJRvRsJ — shellshock (@shellshockkk) November 10, 2024   ‘Getting my tubes tied 2 days after Trump was elected because so the government can’t take away my…

WHEELS ARE COMING OFF OF BRANDON JOHNSON’S CHICAGO: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s running Windy City into the ground… Chicago Fire Truck wheel comes loose, wrecks parked car

Hat tip to Second City Cop for this one.  We knew about the great majority of tower ladder trucks belonging to Chicago Fire Department being offline because of breakdowns, lack of preventative maintenance and an unwillingness of the City of Chicago to pay for needed repairs.  That's all well and…

Letter to the Editor: No JOY in Mudville

  To the Editor: On Tuesday night the Democrat Party’s faithful, cleverly disguised as empty chairs, came out en masse to cheer on their savior, an empty pantsuit: But there is no “JOY” in Mudville  my friends, because the Almighty Kamala struck out in the bottom of the 9th, bases…