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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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Champaign gun “buy back” seems to have netted a lot fewer guns than claimed

Aug 28, 2012 jboch

  [caption id="attachment_1216" align="alignnone" width="592"] photo courtesy cfnews13.com[/caption] Recently, the Stone Creek Church in Urbana, IL coordinated a gun "exchange" program in Champaign-Urbana, IL with the help of the Urbana Police Department. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoynASwfXRA&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] The event was held Saturday, August 4th, 2012 from 10-2. Members of Stone Creek Church, along with…

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Strap on your fanny pack today!

Aug 28, 2012 jboch

[caption id="attachment_1228" align="alignnone" width="420"] You don’t have to be a nerd wearing a fanny pack, nor does it have to be a big deal.  Just strap it on and go about your business.  photo courtesy Benny Jay’s Coffeetable Book, The Pictorial History Of The Fanny Pack.[/caption]   (Guns Save Life.com)…

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Letter to Editor: What ever happened to waiting periods?

Aug 28, 2012 jboch

Dear Editor: What happened to waiting periods for guns? An open letter to America's news media From: Alan Korwin, The Uninvited Ombudsman Re: The Batman Movie Massacre Our Forgotten Waiting Periods The Need for Gun-Control... Counseling Banning the Glock Really Small Bullets Copycat Heroes Media Culpability for Massacres   Dear…

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Do it yourselfers: “Print” your own firearm receiver at home.

Aug 27, 2012 jboch

[caption id="attachment_1200" align="alignnone" width="558"] A 3-D printed firearm.Photo courtesy Venturebeat.com.[/caption] Received an interesting email about a week ago.   Dear Champaign County Rifle Association, Defense Distributed, a libertarian student partnership, is announcing a project they're calling the Wiki Weapon. This project's goal is to test and prove a design for…