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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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Family of teen armed robber killed in Rockford speaks out

Dec 5, 2012 jboch

[caption id="attachment_3768" align="alignnone" width="738"] Police at the scene where a 17-year-old aspiring armed robber was struck down in his prime by a store clerk.[/caption]   Rockford, IL (Guns Save Life) - The family of the armed robber killed last Friday in Rockford while robbing  jewelry store behind his home has…

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Oops. My bad. IL Senator tries to take .25 Auto on plane

Dec 5, 2012 jboch

[caption id="attachment_3820" align="alignnone" width="960"] Democrat Sen. Trotter.Photo by Chicago Tribune.[/caption]   (Guns Save Life) - Democrat Illinois State Senator Donne Trotter was carrying  a .25 Auto pistol in his carry-on bag as he tried to board a flight at O'Hare. Was this a properly registered gun in Chicago? Was Democrat…

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Chicago cop shoots pup, then goes home safely…

Dec 4, 2012 jboch

CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) - A North Side family is furious over what they claim was an unjustified police shooting of their 7-month-old miniature bull terrier, Colonel Phillips, known to the neighborhood as "The Colonel."...But on Saturday afternoon, the Colonel became a target himself. He was shot by a Chicago…

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Guns Save Life coming to Effingham Thursday night!

Dec 4, 2012 jboch

SAVE THE DATE! Thursday, December 6, 2012. Guns Save Life continues to grow.  Starting in December, we're bringing exciting Guns Save Life meetings to a third venue each month - the latest location in Effingham, Illinois on the First Thursday of each month at the Elk's Club in Effingham. Join…

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Chicago: The orgy continues

Dec 4, 2012 jboch

[caption id="attachment_3785" align="alignnone" width="600"] Scene of a quintuple shooting in Chicago Monday night. Photo by Chicago Tribune.[/caption] The orgy of violence, that is. A quintuple shooting Monday evening. Welcome to the Windy City. Try to to catch a stray bullet. The story: CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) - Eleven people were…

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RAHM: Buying a “Code of Silence” in Chicago

Dec 4, 2012 jboch

hat tip to Second City Cop for title. [caption id="attachment_3782" align="alignnone" width="430"] Karolina Obrycka takes a reporter's questions after a jury awarded her $850,000 in compensatory damages as a result of a 2007 beating she took from former Chicago police officer Anthony Abbate, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, in Chicago. Caption…