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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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ANOTHER “Mayors Against Illegal Guns” Mayor Arrested…

Sep 11, 2012 jboch

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="403"] Trenton's Mayor in the company of the FBI, while wearing bracelets.Photo courtesy News One.[/caption] Michael Bloomberg's anti-gun "Mayors Against Illegal Guns" has added yet another member's arrest to their impressive list of gun ban advocates getting themselves arrested and/or convicted of felonies while in office. While…

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Five reasons to carry full-capacity magazines

Sep 11, 2012 jboch

Life is too precious to run out of bullets! by Rabbi Dovid Bendory (Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership) - Minutes before lunatic Jared Loughner began his mayhem in Arizona, the issue of a Federal high capacity ammunition magazine ban was a complete political non-starter.  Obama didn’t go near…

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Results of Chicago paying tribute to thugs…

Sep 10, 2012 jboch

Works about as well as gun control... Paying tribute to thugs to ‘prevent’ crime nets us this gem... (GunNews) - Ceasefire Illinois got a million dollars from the City of Chicago earlier this summer to hire ex-convicts to "mediate" disputes between violent criminals and to "prevent" crime. It's true.  This…