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.

Dedication: Spending a weekend training in the mud

  Roughly thirty-five shooters came out on Saturday at the Guns Save Life-sponsored Appleseed shoot at Darnall's GunWorks and Ranges in Bloomington.  They, along with their instructors, got down in the mud and trained on how to become better rifle shooters and learned a little about America's founding. There was…

HISTORIC: Right-to-Carry goes to Illinois Governor!

Illinois is poised to join the 49 other states in America by throwing its antiquated prohibition on self-defense outside the home into the dustbin of history. The Illinois Senate passed HB183 earlier today by a margin of 45-12-1 (36 required to over-ride a governor's veto) and the House approved it…

The “compromise”: We’re NEUTRAL.

  Guns Save Life is neutral on the latest incarnation of the Illinois Concealed Carry bill which can be found here. We cannot, and will not endorse a bill which leaves local ordinances regarding magazine bans intact, leaving those who carry the most common personal defense handguns in America today…

George Zimmerman case: Prosecutorial misconduct continues…

The politically-motivated prosecution of George Zimmerman continues, as further evidence of prosecutorial misconduct continues to mount. Any reasonable and prudent person would have thrown this case out long ago. Involve politics and race hustlers, and suddenly people are afraid to do the right thing and instead engage in misconduct to…

Compromised Reached. UPDATE: HERE IT IS!

Thursday night update: A compromise supposedly has been reached, according to Kwame Raoul in an AP news story. (AP) - Raoul told The Associated Press that lawmakers are "still tightening up details" but the package has reached common ground on key issues. Those compromises include preserving local gun ordinances and…