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.

ICHV in Champaign: Perfecting the art of irrelevancy

  Greetings from Nicole Anderson-Cobb, PhD, ICHV Outreach Coordinator: With commentary from yours truly, non-ivory-tower non-PhD. 1.  Thanks to all who came out to the "Silent Nights: Contemplating Peace" program last night.  It was a WONDERFUL opportunity to remember, share, explore the real challenges of gun violence in our society…

Picollo nails it: The rush to arm up

[caption id="attachment_4216" align="alignnone" width="640"] Picollo and his Seeing Eye Cat.[/caption] Picollo, the fellow in Pennsylvania many of us know as the guy who had the Seeing Eye Cat stories, offered up an interesting blog entry that nailed it on several levels. I report excerpts here for your edification. Check 'em…

Words Have Meaning

  Why Are You Losing Your Freedoms? The Semantics of Manipulation by John Ross Semantics: the historical and psychological study and the classification of changes in the signification of words or forms viewed as factors in linguistic development What is wrong with Conservatives and supporters of the Second-Amendment? Why, in…

Latest issue of GUNNEWS is now up!

Introducing this month's covergirl, Heather B.! You can download and read GunNews here. GunNews is the monthly journal of Guns Save Life.  It's composition and layout is an all-volunteer endeavor. If you would like GunNews delivered to your mailbox each month, you can join Guns Save Life here!

Guns Save Life featured in THE ATLANTIC!

A University of Illinois professor, Charles "Stretch" Ledford, has been tagging along Guns Save Life endeavors for much of last fall, shooting video for a project of his. Yes, it's a real pistol.  A Jennings .25 auto I think.  It's a future Chicago gun, and its previous owner told me…

MSM: Background checks for gun sales jump in Illinois (duh!)

This just in. Literally. Mainstream media reports... Background checks for gun sales jump in Illinois CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP/Houston Chronicle) — Background checks for gun sales in Illinois have almost doubled since Friday's school shootings in Connecticut, according to data from the Illinois State Police. Gun sellers say some buyers appear…

Let’s put an end to “gun-free” zones

[caption id="attachment_4156" align="alignnone" width="430"] The scene from a mass public attack in Kansas City, KS at the ConAgra plant. Note the “gun free zone” sign in the foreground.[/caption] Gun-free zones afford make-believe protection from whack-jobs, terrorists and criminals Let’s put an end to “gun-free” zones   Gun-free zones fail miserably…