Guns Save Life

We Defend Your Right to Defend Yourself

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.
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Tannerite: Stupid people seek legislation to fix stupid

Nov 23, 2012 jboch

[caption id="attachment_3625" align="alignnone" width="640"] Tannerite.[/caption] Tannerite has been making grown men giggle like little schoolgirls for close to ten years now. What is Tannerite? Tannerite is a binary reactive target system, where the user will mix the white "Tannerite" target mix with the activator to create a stable explosive that…

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Gun shop employee shoots (former) customer

Nov 22, 2012 jboch

[caption id="attachment_3614" align="alignnone" width="400"] A medevac chopper lands outside a gun shop where an employee shot a customer.  Photo by Silver City Sun News.[/caption] by Frank Sharpe Fortress Defense Consultants It's being reported that this past Tuesday a New Mexico gun shop employee accidentally shot a customer in the back…

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HELP WANTED at Guns Save Life

Nov 21, 2012 jboch

Want to do more for the cause?  Want to build your resume or job experience?  Looking for a new hobby? Guns Save Life is growing and we are looking for a few volunteers who are passionate about the Second Amendment and who want to help make a real difference in…

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Nifty: Bullet-resistant armor for your iPAD.

Nov 20, 2012 jboch

[caption id="attachment_3544" align="alignnone" width="600"] It might look as though this was a failure, but in reality, the cover stopped both 9mm and .357 Mag slugs.Photos by engadget.com.[/caption]   Okay, it's technically "for" your iPAD in the sense that it's incorporated into the iPADs cover. The armor is for you, not…

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Bedwetter at the Boston Globe

Nov 20, 2012 jboch

[caption id="attachment_3527" align="alignnone" width="553"] A young bedwetter.[/caption] Among the letters to the editor at the Boston Globe is a gem by a Boston resident Paul Duffy.  (Hat tip to Shall Not Be Questioned). He laments that "gun control" isn't discussed more following the acts of deranged kooks. He concludes with,…