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.

Houston thug gets perforated…

Splitting this off into its own post... Young thug in Houston gets shot after physically attacking a store clerk.  And, of course, the "black community" agitators are demanding arrest of the clerk for exercising his right to self-defense solely because the attacker was black. For the full report from KHOU.…

Tab clearing: Nov 28/29

Lots of stuff out there the last dozen plus hours worthy of mention, but not worthy of a ton of blog entries. Check these out: FBI Crime Stats: You are more likely to be killed by hands and feet than by a shotgun or rifle (Daily Caller) - The FBI…

Disarmament now, disarmament tomorrow, disarmament forever!

[caption id="attachment_3665" align="alignnone" width="600"] Alabama Governor George Wallace stands in front of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama on June 11, 1963 to stop entry of two black students, James Hood and Vivian Malone. Eventually, U.S. Marshals, Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach and Alabama National Guardsmen forced him to…

ICHV Champaign Meeting notes

  [caption id="attachment_3483" align="alignnone" width="600"] The "full house" inaugural meeting of ICHV in Champaign, IL as they strive to organize a grassroots group of gullible folks to carry out their mission to limit Illinoisans' civil rights.  Check out the guy in the black t-shirt to the speaker's left.[/caption] by John…

Imagine that: More guns, less crime in Virginia

As we wrote minutes ago about the extraordinarily well-behaved nature of those who get carry licenses: It's not rocket science, or even news to us gun owners.  Skeptics throughout the nation, overcoming years of bigotry instilled in them by the mainstream media and moron entertainers, react with amazement when they…

NICS crashes due to volume on Black Friday

Signs are everywhere as to the mood of everyday Americans when it comes to guns. Ammo and guns are flying off store shelves at literally record-making rates. It's so bad that the National Instant Check System, the FBI-administered government agency tasked with handling the gun purchaser background checks, suffered volume-related…

Imagine that: Kansas permit holders well-behaved

Unlike the kiddie-porn *1* *2* and corruption-loving *many* Mayors Against Illegal Guns, headed by the nation's nanny mayor Bloomberg and consisting solely of elected officials (specifically mayors), everyday gun owners who get a license to exercise their Second Amendment rights are extraordinarily well-behaved. It's not rocket science, or even news…