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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.


FLASH: Here’s the new IL carry bill… Rahm, meet bus UPDATED

May 22, 2013
FLASH: Here’s the new IL carry bill… Rahm, meet bus UPDATED

  Update at the bottom of the page…   Sources at the Capitol in the Democrat caucus have been burning up my phone line tonight and here’s what I’ve got.   There is no June 9th cliff. We don’t have enough votes willing to go over the cliff.  Not even close. We do have...
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This is what happens in a gun ban utopia…

May 22, 2013
This is what happens in a gun ban utopia…

  Welcome to London. Where guns are banned. Knives are heavily restricted. And two muslim extremists set about decapitating an off-duty soldier in broad daylight on a public street. Initially, the details of the attackers were kept under wraps. Unfortunately for the politically correct UK government, everybody and their dog has cellphones that can...
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Your mission today: CALL. Legislative update…

May 22, 2013
Your mission today: CALL. Legislative update…

The latest from Kwame? Amendment 1 of SB0851.  In a nutshell, before you (FFLs or regular citizens) can sell firearms or ammunition to anyone, in addition to seeing their FOID card, you’ll have to call an 800 number to check the validity of said FOID card.   THE Todd, Todd Vandermyde, the NRA’s contract...
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Here’s your shot across the bow, Illinois politicians…

May 21, 2013
Here’s your shot across the bow, Illinois politicians…

Dear Illinois Politicians: Remember Debra Maggart? Probably not. She was the chairman of the Republican Caucus in the Tennessee House. She stiffed gun owners in Tennessee. She then met with the wrath of gun owners in her district the next primary election. She lost. Is your picture the next one to go up on...
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We should not base laws on personal dislikes…

May 21, 2013
We should not base laws on personal dislikes…


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Why standard capacity magazines? Multiple attackers… like these

May 21, 2013
Why standard capacity magazines? Multiple attackers… like these

When trained police officers only hit about 20% of the time in their rounds fired, what’s the average civilian supposed to do when faced with multiple attackers? It’s hard enough to thwart a violent attack without nanny-state legislators tying one of your hands behind your back with arbitrary restrictions on your ability to defend...
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Our prayers go out to Oklahoma…

May 21, 2013
Our prayers go out to Oklahoma…


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CALL. CALL. CALL.

May 21, 2013
CALL. CALL. CALL.

  Call.  Call.  Call. Email. Email.  Email. And call again after lunch. Call your Senator and the following three Illinois Senators in addition to your own.  Yeah, it’s going to take five minutes of your day, but if you want law-abiding Illinois residents to be able to protect themselves without arbitrary restrictions, then it’s...
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Orwellian statements continue: Rahm, “Perception isn’t reality”

May 21, 2013
Orwellian statements continue: Rahm, “Perception isn’t reality”

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is spinning the violence on Chicago’s Gold Coast is if it doesn’t happen. We’ve seen comments that suggest yesterday’s article about the wilding arrests on Michigan Avenue (Teen mobs run wild in downtown on Drudge) over the weekend weren’t as tame as claimed in the mainstream media. Here’s the article: Eleven...
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ALERT – CALL YOUR SENATOR: Tell them *NO* to magazine bans

May 20, 2013
ALERT – CALL YOUR SENATOR: Tell them *NO* to magazine bans

Call your Illinois State Senator.  Right now.  Tell him “NO” to magazine bans. MELT those phone lines.  Call their district offices and their Springfield Capitol offices.  Even if you *thought* they were pro-gun in the past.  There are a more than a couple who were formerly pro-gun who are going soft with their aspirations...
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