Guns Save Life

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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.
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The $2 9mm ZIP gun

Jan 27, 2013 jboch

Found this little gem today, thanks to Say Uncle. A $2 Zip gun. What you need? Rubber dishwashing gloves A 3/8ths inch female to female coupling A 2" 3/8ths inch pipe A 3/8ths to 1/4-inch adapter A drill bit wrapped in duct tape (a 10- to 16-penny nail or similar…

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CHICAGO ISN’T SAFE: Nine dead in Chicago in 24 hours

Jan 27, 2013 jboch

[caption id="attachment_5224" align="alignnone" width="600"] Chicago cops at a double homicide in Chicago.[/caption] Seven dead in 24 hours in Chicago this weekend.  Nine if you count two killed changing a tire. A vast majority of the homicides likely had gang affiliations. When are we, as America, going to declare war on…

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GSL profiled in hometown paper

Jan 24, 2013 jboch

[caption id="attachment_5164" align="alignnone" width="580"] Photo by: Dave Hinton/Rantoul PressJohn Boch, president of [G]unssavelife.com, holds up a Glock handgun that was the prize in a drawing sponsored by the group earlier this month. GSL meets monthly in Rantoul.[/caption]  Guns Save Life nailed down some very favorable publicity in the hometown paper. …