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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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POOR JB PRITZKER: FoxNews covers Pritzker’s humiliating non-compliance problem with his precious gun ban citing Guns Save Life, DeWitt County Sportsman’s Club and FFL-IL

Jan 6, 2024 jboch

FoxNews Digital delivered some great digital ink on Governor JB Pritzker's problems looking like an effective leader in Illinois.  Pritzker's prize piece of legislation banning guns and magazines, and requiring registration of existing guns, faces mass non-compliance across the state.  How bad is it?  Thousands (29,357) complied with registering their…

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Judiciary gets a taste of street violence in Nevada

Jan 4, 2024 jboch

Yesterday, in Clark County Nevada (Las Vegas/Henderson), a defendant in an attempted battery case objected when the judge indicated that Deobra Redden, aged old enough to know better (30), needed a taste of something other than pre-trial release. The bailiff, head inserted deeply in his rectum, failed to noticed pre-violence…