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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.
Hallelujah. We knew the Bruen decision would almost certainly fall in our favor, but looking it over, it’s so much more than striking down “may issue” carry laws in states like New York, California and Hawaii. There is much to celebrate for gun rights. After all, racist, classist and sexist gun control measures just...
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GSL’s President Dale Lock lost his son Andrew last Friday. Celebration of Life services will be Thursday morning-ish in Farmington, IL. Here’s the obituary. Andrew Lock passed away unexpectedly on Friday, June 10, 2022 at the age of 43, at his home in Annandale, Virginia. Andrew was born to Dale M. And Rebecca Wier Lock...
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Kathy Salvi is running for the Republican nomination for the US Senate seat currently held by Tammy Duckworth. Caveat emptor. If the Salvi name sounds familiar, you are right. It should sound familiar. See, back in 1996, her husband Al Salvi ran for the US Senate seat. He won the Republican primary, thanks in...
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The Donald, or President Donald J. Trump, will make an appearance at the Adams County Fairgrounds on Saturday, June 25th. It’s FREE and open to the public! Tell your friends and share it far and wide on your social media pages! The event will take place in part to promote Donald Trump’s endorsement of...
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The Illinois State Rifle Association has released their candidate endorsements ahead of the June 28th primary. We’ve gotten more than a little heat from callers upset about the ratings. Folks, we aren’t the ISRA. The ISRA-PVF has selected the following candidates for the General Primary election on June 28, 2022. Gubernatorial Candidate: Darren Bailey- Rep...
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We at Guns Save Life look at candidates and their stances on gun rights. And when it comes to gun rights in the 15th Congressional District, it doesn’t get any better than incumbent Congresswoman Mary Miller. She’s A-rated by Gun Owners of America, and like Guns Save Life, they’re pretty hard-core on the Second...
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The gun-hating Left will promote racist, classist and sexist gun control this Saturday at noon on the north side of the courthouse square in Charleston. They are the usual suspects – likely the same ones who marched to DEFUND THE POLICE two years ago in opposition to a “Back the Blue” rally on...
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At a recent Guns Save Life meeting in Pontiac, a retired Illinois State Trooper talked about a couple of home invasion cases with very different outcomes right here in the Land of Lincoln. He shared publicly-available information, offering important lessons gun owners can take from the facts of the cases. First, he talked about...
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With the “leak” of the supposed draft of the SCOTUS decision that would strike down Roe v. Wade, the radical left in America are calling for “mostly peaceful” protests this Sunday – Mother’s Day – at churches across America. From FoxNews: Pro-abortion activists are targeting Catholic churches for protests on Mother’s Day, with some...
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While most gun owners don’t take a great deal of interest in politics, plenty of politicians take more than a passing interest in them. So with just a few days’ notice, nearly two hundred people showed up at a gun rights political rally held in Quincy, Illinois on Saturday. There they heard Colorado’s rock...
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