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.

MISSISSIPPI WANTS #10: Mississippi passes Constitutional Carry 36-14 in Senate… with bonus legislation!

  [caption id="attachment_20626" align="alignnone" width="480"] Shirley Hopkins of Davis Moms Demand Action.   She's no astrophysicist.[/caption] Mississippi passed a "Constitutional Carry" measure today in their Senate by 36-14. That's not all!  The bill also includes a measure to allow armed security in churches (along with criminal and civil protections for those…

TERRORISM: Armed Citizen Response to Bombers

A superlative article by Greg Ellifritz from Armed Response Training.   Armed Citizen Response to the Terrorist Bomber   Written by Greg Ellifritz Active Response Training * I’m reposting this one in response to the terrorist bombings in Belgium today.  It’s important for folks to have a plan to deal…

BOCH: Don’t lie to the cops, but ask for that ambulance ride

by John Boch At the Rangemaster Tactical Training Conference, some of my fellow GSL Defense Training instructors attended a seminar by nationally-known instructor Massad Ayoob titled "Lessons from Recent Trials". In that session, Mr. Ayoob counseled against automatically asking responding officers for an ambulance ride to the hospital to get…