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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.
It proved quite a learning experience for a quartet of unemployed rocket scientists last month east of Houston. These young men apparently never knew that most folks in the Lone Star State own firearms. Or maybe these wizards of smart thought the four of them, wearing masks and carrying pistols, would be able intimidate...
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Gun ownership represents freedom from both oppression and bullies as well as independence. If you own a gun and know how to use it, you’re a free person. If you own guns, people have to convince you do things. They can’t intimidate you with threats of unlawful force. You don’t have to rely on...
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From the LawDog Files… *crosses self* “Hail Mary, full of grace …” Ok, the Nord pipeline incidents. Sigh. I shouldn’t do this, but … I call them “incidents” for a reason. I grew up in overseas oilfields. I try to, by training, observe everything from as objectively neutral a viewpoint as possible. In...
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[Editor: We all know Chicago is bad. Especially the south and west sides. But when my friend said he packed a Taurus Judge as his BACKUP gun in Chicago, I did a double-take. Whoa. A Judge for a backup gun? Wow. I knew there had to be one heckuva story behind it so I...
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Take-home squad cars generally serve as a huge net positive for not only the officers, but also the community at large. It increases the visibility of police to passersby and gives ne’er-do-wells like Devin Krueger a half-a-second to reconsider victimizing people nearby. The downside is that it identifies the home as that of a...
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Life’s loser Devin Krueger fought the law. And the law pushed his face into the dirt and cuffed and stuffed him. In an update from a couple of stories (original, update) over the last few days, we detailed how Devin Krueger and some of his pals are suspected of victimizing many folks in...
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North Carolina’s East Henderson Youth Football and Cheerleading League (EHYFC) poked a woke hornet’s next by offering an AR-15 as the grand prize in a fundraiser for kids sports. Unsurprisingly, some easily-offended types turned their ire on the EHYFC for such an “insensitive” and “deplorable” choice of prizes. But not only did the youth...
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Milwaukee’s cops don’t have a lot of love for the SIG P320, not after three incidents of department-issued guns discharging without pulling a trigger. Now, the police union is demanding the city replace the guns – like yesterday. What’s more, they claim they’re drafting a lawsuit if the city drags its feet. There are...
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You can download the October 2022 issue of GunNews here. Please share it with your family, friends and neighbors. And maybe a co-worker or three.
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The bounty on the head of Devin Krueger is now $3000 and climbing. Here’s what he did to one GSL member’s home… three burglaries in five days. They even have a cute little video just for Devin at Two Rivers Crimestoppers. You heard them… wanted… dead or alive.
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