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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.
Peoria’s tech time presentation at a recent GSL meeting featured retired firefighter Al Devlin giving a short presentation on the proper and effective use of fire extinguishers. “Fire extinguishers?” you ask. Indeed. It proved a very educational presentation. Devlin talked about the four types of fire. Type A – wood, paper, and anything...
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You would think after Illinois passed a law that mandated jail time for concealed carry instructors who cut corners in their CCW classes that unethical instructors would straighten up or just stop teaching. You would be wrong. We still get reports of instructors chopping four, six or even eight hours off their 16-hour...
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Venues across Illinois are being held hostage by Governor Pritzker’s lockdown edicts. Constitutional rights to assemble? Ol’ JB found a flu exemption to that right, along with plenty of others. We just received word this afternoon that Coz’s in Mt. Zion, the home of our Decatur regional GSL meeting, has been shut down by...
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We have some meeting updates to share with the membership, friends and family. It is current as of this writing and we’ll update if anything changes. Read to the end. You’ll be glad you did. As everyone knows, our governor and his administration have enacted all manner of lockdowns of the Illinois economy ostensibly...
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by Kelvin Coburn, MBAGSL Sangamon County EmceeLife is precious and we all can take it for granted over time. However, all sorts of bad things can happen to any of us at any time. Fires, floods, tornados happen regularly, and so do car crashes, heart attacks and illnesses. Throw in the one-in-thirty chance of...
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by John BochGSL Executive Director Joe Biden has been proclaimed the president-elect, per some in the mainstream media. Take that for what it’s worth. This leaves gun owners in a very precarious position. What happens now? In the past couple of days, I have talked with several trusted, key people. People from government, the...
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Guns Save Life meetings in Rantoul and Charleston will take place next week, regardless of Governor JB Pritzker’s unconstitutional and arbitrary COVID restrictions. Rantoul: Tuesday, November 10th We will meet at the Knights of Columbus (1001 N. Ohio in Rantoul) on Tuesday. The building will open by 6pm. The KC will not serve any...
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Trafalgar Group polling was very good in 2016. In fact, they called it for Trump in the days ahead of that year’s election, bucking the common consensus of all the junk polling unit. Here’s their latest, as of Friday morning. There is a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel for...
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Polling data suggests that virtually all Americans have made up their minds about the Presidential race. Polls further report that the race has tightened. Taking both claims as true, whichever candidate’s voters actually cast ballots will win this election. Because of our IRS status, GSL cannot endorse individual politicians or political parties. However, we...
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by John BochGSL Executive Director The 2020 Election – NationalIt seems like every four years, we hear this from political pundits: “This is the most important election – ever!” Looking back, I can only recall a pair of races that really changed America. First, when Ronald Reagan beat Jimmy the Peanut Farmer in 1980,...
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