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.

Police administrators: Dumb and Dumber

[caption id="attachment_4734" align="alignnone" width="690"] Chicago's Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy. He was quoted on a radio show saying he would train his officers to shoot licensed civilians with guns.  And now he says gun advocates are corrupt.  Nice guy, eh?[/caption] Unicorns, Mermaids and Make Believe in Chicago Garry McCarthy, Chicago's top…

OB Streeper obituary

[caption id="attachment_5844" align="alignnone" width="988"] OB Streeper in World War II.[/caption]   CHENOA (Pantagraph)— Owen B. Streeper, 89, Chenoa, passed away at 12:53 p.m. Wednesday (Feb. 13, 2013) at his residence. His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Chenoa Presbyterian Church, Chenoa, with Chip Finck officiating. Burial will follow…

More on Sinaloa cartel

  Yesterday, we wrote about Shorty Guzman being named Public Enemy #1 in Chicago. Today, we've got more on his drug cartel. The brutal violence that you see in Mexico (beheadings, dismemberments, or bodies dissolved in vats of alkali) is largely related to the war between Sinaloa and its main…

Welcome to Barack Obama’s middle class.

The NRA has sprouted some serious cajones with their latest "Stand and Fight" campaign.  God bless them! Here's their latest, powerful video.  Watch it and weep, gun grabbers! So they want to ban high capacity magazines...  not for the security that surrounds the president, Congress, Mayor Bloomberg, rock stars, CEOs…