jboch

https://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.

Lyin’ mainstream media: The KNOCKOUT GAME is a myth?

[caption id="attachment_10028" align="alignnone" width="600"] The Guardian Angels, an anti-crime group, posted warnings in Brooklyn this week about the Knockout Game, in which teenagers try to knock a stranger out with one punch. Caption and photo by NY Times.[/caption] Way to go, NY Times.  All the propaganda that's fit to print.…

Amish horse killed in drive by shooting.

A car-load of people pass by an Amish buggy and shoot the horse.  How wrong is that? It's just evil. I got $10 that says it was those darn Canadians coming across from the border that did it too.   Amish horse killed in drive-by shooting (Philadelphia Inquirer) - A…

Guest post: Gun Control… Are Sales Increasing?

We bring you a guest post by Brooke Brown. Gun Control: Are Sales Increasing? by Brooke Brown In an attempt to curb gun violence, the government inadvertently caused a huge increase in ammunition and gun sales caused by the fear of gun sales restrictions being imposed.  However, prior to President…

We are winning the culture war

by John Boch We, as gun owners, are winning the cultural war against those who would legislate away our right to keep and bear arms. These do-gooders who seek to render us defenseless “for our own good” would, in reality, only be inadvertently setting us up to recreate past tyrannies.…

Coalition to Stop Gun Violence: An army of bigots

[caption id="attachment_10004" align="alignnone" width="720"]A Facebook post at the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. Their supporters' comments belie their deep-seated bigotry.[/caption]   Miguel over at "Gun Free Zone" posted a colossal gem of gun control advocates' bigotry late Friday. Oh, and the gun grabber bigotry continues unabated. It's a family photo…

KUBICEK: Shoot to live

by Fred Kubicek (November 14) - Yesterday I spent an incredibly cold and windy day completing the final 8 hours of the Illinois mandatory conceal carry training. Prior to that time I had completed the NRA’s Personal Protection In The Home Course, which consisted of two days of lectures and…