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.

AVOIDING COMMON PITFALLS: Food, Water, Medicine Storage

Food, Water, Medicine Storage: Avoiding common pitfalls by John Boch Emergencies never happen at convenient times.  Be it a tornado, power outage, winter storm or a health emergency, they seldom happen with meaningful advanced warning. It’s up to you to be ready for life’s emergencies well before they happen, lest…

BARACK RELEASES COLT 1911s! Obama signs law with NRA-backed provisions

  Fairfax, Va. (NRA-ILA) – President Barack Obama signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). It includes several NRA-backed provisions -- expanding gun rights on stateside military bases; prohibiting the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from banning traditional ammunition; and saving taxpayer dollars by allowing gun collectors to buy vintage military surplus pistols. The…

BALTIMORE II? Open season on law and order in Chicago.

[caption id="attachment_19183" align="alignnone" width="600"] Rabidly anti-gun Cook County States' Attorney Anita Alvarez.[/caption] Rabidly gun-hating Democrat Cook Count States' Attorney Anita Alvarez yesterday dropped charges against two arrested for the most blatant violence against police in unrest since the release of the video showing the shooting death of PCP-addled, knife-wielding 17-year-old Laquan…