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.

URBAN PROGRESSIVE LESBIAN: Bless her heart

Oh, bless her heart—the urban progressive lesbian who keeps her gun double-locked in a coffee table like it's a forbidden family heirloom, complete with no ammo in the house, hidden keys, and an utter inability to use it for anything but a paper weight.  Christina Cauterucci, the gender and sexuality…

OP ED: Minneapolis: The Sequel Nobody Asked For is Here

by Name Withheld Suburban Chicago (GSL) - Oh wow, look—another round of Minnesotan-flavored street theater. How utterly original. I’m positively shocked. I mean, who could’ve possibly seen this coming? Certainly not anyone who’s been alive longer than a TikTok trend. Let me dust off the memory banks for the youngsters…

REVISITING: GSL NRA Board Election Endorsements

Guns Save Life can’t make endorsements in local, state and federal elections for public office, but we surely can for the NRA Board of Directors. We’re VERY supportive of the NRA 2.0 reformers and like-minded individuals. We're not endorsing those perceived to be Wayne LaPierre fanboys, nor are we terribly…