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.

Quick roundup of new items

    OOPSIE DAISY: Obama Fails to Register 'Organizing For Action.net'; Site Points to NRA Home Page (Breitbart) - At the beginning of the year, President Barack Obama's new 501(c)4 political nonprofit, Organizing For Action, was launched with all the usual bells and whistles. But the tech wizards at OFA…

Denial has no survival value: Toy gun buyback in STL

[caption id="attachment_6058" align="alignnone" width="300"] Pastor Rodney Francis is in denial.[/caption] A pastor in St. Louis is working to organize a toy gun buyback at his church. He's in complete denial and denial has no survival value. Instead of teaching kids "Stop!  Don't touch!  Leave the area!  Tell an adult", he…

Call Glock, S&W and SIG and ask them to join the boycott

[caption id="attachment_5980" align="alignnone" width="672"] Photo by NEMO Arms, Inc. from Facebook.[/caption] The gun companies boycotting New York State law enforcement and government agencies is now about seventy as of this morning and we're predicting it will be over 100 by the end of the week. Two sites monitoring the current…

Son with a gun saves family from trio of home invaders

[caption id="attachment_6021" align="alignnone" width="469"] Police cut away the carpet where the bad guy expired for evidence.[/caption]   A trio of bad guys weren't expecting return fire when they broke into a home outside of Houston. While the three intruders violently forced their way into the home, only two checked out. …