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.

FRANK SHARPE: A call for common sense knife control.

by Frank Sharpe The following statement is issued by the Society Against Reason, Comprehension And Sound Minds: Today at Lone Star College's CyFair campus in Cypress, Texas, a white male went on a stabbing spree leaving 14 injured. The attacker was armed with a military-style knife, also known as the…

Legislative update: Nationally and in Illinois…

by John Boch (Guns Save Life) - Good news for freedom lovers across our increasingly tattered nation! It's been a rough few days for the leftist, freedom eschewing gun grabbers out there, both at the national level, and here at home in Illinois. Everywhere they turn, they are stymied with…

Solution to criminal violence? End gun control.

One of our commenters named Jack posted an excellent response to Peter Tomaras' Gun Control Reality Check epistle. Here is the REAL solution: end gun control. Follow the constitution, as most states did prior to 1968 and the federal government did prior to 1934. NO INFRINGEMENT. Why not give freedom…

Rockford, IL anti-gun rally turns out… 7?

The leftist gun haters called for a rally in front of Dick's Sporting Goods Store in Rockford, IL on Sunday, April 7th. The Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence put the word out to all of their fans, members and supporters, and MoveOn.org did the same with theirs. In the end,…

PETER TOMARAS: Gun control reality check

By Peter Tomaras (A version of appeared in the News-Gazette.  Reprinted here with permission of author.) The gun control debate needs a reality check, and I will provide it, aware that those hostile to firearms do not welcome rational viewpoints. This is because people who fear, hate, or simply do…