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.

PLAINTIFFS WANTED… Chicago’s now illegal gun control ordinance

[caption id="attachment_8677" align="alignnone" width="512"] Todd Vandermyde, the NRA's man in Springfield.[/caption] The Chicago City Council rushed through modifications of their "gun control" ordinance.  Among the changes, is a "student safety zones" penalty enhancement for possessing a gun while in one of these zones and the other deals with so-called "evil"…

KUBICEK: al qaeda decimated?

  If al qaeda is on the run because they've been decimated, then why is America closing a slew of embassies in the world and pulling back?  It looks more as though America is on the run under Barack Obama's administration.  His "smart" diplomacy has been nothing but an unmitigated…

Are we witnessing the end of the Rule of Law?

Cops today are trained in interrogation techniques that often involve being deceptive with suspects. We've even seen cases where cops are less than deceptive in securing warrants. Put a little less diplomatically, investigators are trained to lie in an effort to secure confessions from those suspected of criminal wrong-doing. Now…

The Judicious Use of Deadly Force

The Judicious Use of Deadly Force by John Boch, with Steve Davis, Esq. and Frank Wright, FBI Special Agent, retired (Reprinted from the July 2013 issue of GunNews Magazine) (Guns Save Life) - To use deadly force in self-defense carries with it a host of downsides and should be avoided…