jboch

http://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.

CHICAGO ISN’T SAFE: Violence up 40% over 2014

Welcome to Chicago, also known as Murder City, USA. The powers that be love to massage the numbers, but here's the bottom line:  Despite the brutally cold weather in January this year, Chicago's criminal class racked up an average of a murder a day and overall criminal violence was up…

CHLORINE, GENE POOL: Gangsta Rap video gun handling claims another

[caption id="attachment_15445" align="alignnone" width="488"] Waka Flocka Flame from "Bustin' At Em" video from YouTube. The not-so-catchy tune often repeats the line, "Bitch, I'm bustin' at 'em."[/caption] The gangsta, hip hop culture celebrates pretty much everything the Ten Commandments forbids.  Along with the unlawful use of both guns and violence.  But…

GUNNEWS IS UP!

  The February 2015 issue of GunNews is available for download. If you want to get your copy in the mail a week or two before we post it online, you can join Guns Save Life!  Members enjoy a host of benefits, including receiving a printed copy in the mail…

FREEDOM: “No Muslims” range, five months later

Freedom is a wonderful thing. Including the freedom to be a bigot. Such is the case with a Hot Springs, Arkansas range that bans Muslims. While only a handful of fringe lunatic Americans love radical Muslims and their jihad against the West, characterizing all Muslims as potential Sudden Jihadi Syndrome…