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.

GSL Director Paul Vallandigham passes away.

[caption id="attachment_2417" align="alignright" width="284"] Paul Vallandigham.[/caption] by John Boch It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Paul H. Vallandigham, a long-time gun rights giant in Illinois. Mr. Vallandigham was a life member of the NRA, a former director of the Illinois State Rifle Association, as well…

“Common sense gun control” explained at last

  Redress Information & Analysis (no, we're not going to link to them and drive traffic to them) proudly and robustly proclaims it exposes "injustice, disinformation and bigotry". Like many things on the internet, just because you claim it doesn't make it true. In a recent hit piece on civil…

Indy gun store clerk describes shooting ordeal (VIDEO)

  [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="607"] Don’s Guns in Indianapolis where the attack happened. A customer there rented a gun, then shot one of the clerks twice. The clerk returned fire, killing the attacker. The owner of the stores said, “If you shoot us, we’ll shoot you right back.”Photo courtesy Indianapolis…

Gun sales up sharply; merchants plan for post-election sales

[caption id="attachment_2374" align="alignnone" width="672"] Photo courtesy NewsOne.com.[/caption] The 2012 elections are just over a month away and gun sales continue to soar as Americans vote with their pocketbook to acquire the means with which to protect their families in uncertain times. The National Shooting Sports Association reported that in August…

Starve the Beast

“Who is John Galt?” was the common refrain of characters in Ayn Rand’s book Atlas Shrugged.  In the book, productive members of a dystopian society in the US refused to be further taxed and exploited by government and society in general.  To varying degrees, they dropped out from being productive,…

Vet in Indy kills armed robber at liquor store

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="738"] Photo courtesy 21st Amendment Liquors.[/caption] A clerk on his third day at work at a liquor store in Indianapolis early Sunday morning shot and killed an armed robber waving around a gun. "He took his eyes off me and that was a bad decision for him,"…

They came for it… 3-D printer company comes for its printer…

[caption id="attachment_2367" align="alignnone" width="525"] An HP DesignJet 3D printer.Photo courtesy Popular Science.[/caption] Well, a hiccup for Cody Wilson and the people at Defense Distributed, who are working to create a contest to build the world's first "3-D printed" gun. Boing Boing has the story... Defense Distributed is a collective that…

Gun Rights Policy Conference gets noticed in mainstream media

[caption id="attachment_2361" align="alignnone" width="559"] Miguel Gonzalez, 52, of Miami displays a sign that was sold at the 27th annual Gun Rights Policy Conference in Orlando.Photo courtesy USA Today.[/caption] The Gun Rights Policy Conference took place this last weekend in Florida and got noticed by the mainstream media this year! The…