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.

A WIN! Charges Dismissed for Jared Marcum

Jared Marcum, the 14-year-old from Logan County, West Virginia, was arrested nearly two and a half months ago on charges related to his refusal to turn an NRA T-shirt inside out at school. The first amendment case ran into stubborn school officials who involved the the local "resource" police officer…

AG Madigan: Gov will re-write bill with an amendatory veto

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="605"] Does anyone have a baby wipe?[/caption]     The conventional wisdom is that Governor "Clueless" Quinn will try to re-write the historic Illinois carry bill in a big ceremony in Chicago, complete with lots of families of so-called "victims".  Some of those victims might not have…

White House Report: Guns Save Lives!

White House report finds gun ownership actually saves lives! You'll have to read it quickly before Barack Obama gets back from his African vacation and purges this report!   (SHTF Plan.com) --  Though statistics prove time and again that disarming a free people leads to more violent crime and the…

GunNews is up!

The July 2013 issue of GunNews is available for download. Don't miss this special issue with a special section courtesy of LIVE FREE USA. Click here to download it.

A Citizen’s Guide to Family Emergency Preparedness

by Jim Jones LIVE FREE USA   Why be prepared? Anyone who can read a newspaper or watch the news on television should already know the answer to that question. We see the effects of local emergencies such as criminal assaults, fires, floods, and accidents routinely.  Storms, blackouts, terrorist attacks…