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.

DICK’S STRUGGLES: Filling Shelf Space as Sales Sag

Dick’s Sporting Goods won high praise from gun grabbers and the media for their knee-jerk reaction to the Parkland school massacre. Under CEO Edward Stack, the chain pulled magazines and modern sporting rifles from their shelves. They also unilaterally decided to end sales of all guns to anyone under 21. It…

Gun Free Zones: A teacher’s perspective

By A Guns Save Life Member: Imagine arriving at work and you must disarm before entering your workplace.  Not too difficult as many folks work in gun free, easy victim zones, right?  Imagine though being responsible for the safety of scores of young people in addition to yourself in that…

Illinois Legislative Update from John Boch

by John Boch Guns Save Life’s Executive Director The Illinois General Assembly has now returned to finish the spring session.  A couple of weeks ago, it looked as though Illinois Democrats were going to finish off Illinois gun owners’ rights as well, with the help of a few Republicans.  I've compared…

Smith & Wesson’s NEW M&P EZ… Two Thumbs UP!

For twenty years now I've looked for an arthritis sufferer-friendly pistol for my mom.  Without the strength to rack a slide, she can't operate semi-autos.  Add in the inability to pull a double-action revolver trigger, or even cock a revolver without significant difficulty, her options have remained pretty limited.  She's not…

The Gun Control Fantasy World

  by Steve Davis, Esq. President Guns Save Life The people who steadfastly believe in gun control live in a fantasy world.  They exist, mentally at least, in a place no more real than Skittle-crapping unicorns, winged fairies and dope-smoking caterpillars.   Pretending Alice in Wonderland is true doesn’t make it…