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.

MOSTLY PEACEFUL: Last weekend’s Chicago violence sees 13 homicides, 45 wounded while Mayor goes to Michigan for weekend and police chief flies back to Dallas… What will this weekend hold?

Murder City USA put in quite an impressive weekend of mostly peaceful bloodletting this past weekend.  Mostly gang-related violence saw 13 people killed, including a 14-year-old bystander playing on a playground.  Three confirmed gang bangers died in a massive gang shootout at an intersection "takeover" where ne'er-do-wells roast their tires…

Learning bleeding control techniques

[caption id="attachment_32435" align="alignnone" width="770"] Phillip Mater...[/caption] In Charleston, we hosted Phillip Mater who works locally as an EMT. He shared a crash course in bleeding control for our audience members along with a couple of other things lay-people can do to help injured people until professional care takes over. The…

FAST DRAW: The secret to speed!

by Nick KlementzosYou want a fast draw. I want a fast draw. We all want a fast draw. However, “fast” in this instance probably isn’t what you might think. Fast draws don’t mean moving at a high rate of speed. I’m going to share something from the Mystical Order of…