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.

RIP Andrew Lock

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.…

AN EASY CALL: Mary Miller supports and defends your 2A rights while Rodney Davis votes for gun confiscations and gets awards from the Brady Campaign

[caption id="attachment_31540" align="alignnone" width="770"] Rodney Davis in a limo with Brandon, America's greatest gun salesman.  Let's go Brandon![/caption] 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…

LESSONS TO BE LEARNED: A tale of two Central Illinois home invasions

[caption id="attachment_31424" align="alignnone" width="770"] Image by Oleg Volk. Used with permission. blog.olegvolk.net[/caption] 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…

Lauren Boebert dazzles at Illinois Gun Rights Rally

[caption id="attachment_31420" align="alignnone" width="770"] From left, Congresswoman Mary Miller, Kelly and Scott Hall and Congresswoman Lauren Boebert. Image via John Boch used with permission.[/caption] 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…