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.

GUNS FOR BEGINNERS: Rounding out your collection

[caption id="attachment_29962" align="aligncenter" width="770"] Image by Oleg Volk. Used with permission.[/caption] by Nick KlementzosAmerica had eight point four million first-time gun owners in 2020. Seeing that, it surely seems like America has a massive swell of people joining the ranks of those wanting to protect themselves and their loved ones.…

COOK COUNTY: A STUNNING LACK OF PROSECUTIONS

[caption id="attachment_29955" align="aligncenter" width="770"] Kim Foxx and two of her security detail. (Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images via thegrio.com)  While she has a security detail of at least five armed guards, the little people in Chicago are getting slaughtered by violent gang members.[/caption] Cook County has a bigger problem than…