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.

Guns Save Life nets international publicity at BBC News

Guns Save Life netted some publicity across the pond at the British Broadcasting Corporation yesterday, with the posting of a video and story on Guns Save Life's activism defending American's right to defend themselves. UPDATE:  Actually, we're mentioned on the BBC News' homepage.  Twice.     Here's the link to…

I am a Citizen

By Richard Schwahn First off, I am no academic!  I'm what used to be known as an edifier, or a person who learns (usually from hard knocks) and then explains to others.  In the "old days" many preachers were known as edifiers. I describe myself as a "Student, Edifier, and…

America’s problem isn’t guns; it’s gangs

  Front Page Magazine hits a grand slam home run with a story about the real problem in America.  It's not guns.  It's gangs. These gangs are turning our inner cities into third-world war zones. And Obama and his voters blame gun owners. America Doesn’t Have a Gun Problem, It…

Unhappy camper Acevedo

[caption id="attachment_4512" align="alignnone" width="600"] Poor Eddie Acevedo. He's pictured here, with a bit of a sour look upon learning his pet gun control legislation just got flushed down the toilet. That's our leader, Todd Vandermyde, the NRA's man in Illinois, standing to his left looking down.Photo courtesy Chicago Tribune.[/caption]

FPS Russia “manager” found executed

  FPS Russia's wildly popular YouTube channel is very popular and quite hip, especially among the younger generation.  It's ranked tenth in subscribers and has over half a billion views, according to the folks at Vidstatsx. Congrats to him, but unfortunately, police found his manager (who was also the FFL…

Embrace it, baby! Interactive map of Journal-News employees

  The Journal-News is the newspaper that set up a searchable database of firearms license holders in three counties in New York State. It's endangering police officers, current and retired, as well as corrections staff. This searchable database we've posted above, allows Americans to identify Journal-News employees personal homes, photos,…