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.

AMMO CONSERVATION: One shot, six dead Taliban

Your feel-good story of the day. This British sniper scores a grand slam, sending six islamic terrorists to meet their little boys and 72 virgins in their afterlife with a single round fired.  Nice!  Now that's ammo conservation! We chuckled when we read the author of the story saying the…

GSL: A look under the hood…

We're growing. Guns Save Life's entry into the gun blog world in the third quarter of 2012 wasn't without a bump or two (such as when our service provider literally pulled the rug out from under us), but we've grown. We thought we would share our stats with the whole…

REVOKED IL CCW INSTRUCTORS: Wall of Shame

  There's more to come as ISP has told us they have several ongoing investigations. UPDATE:  Without getting too much into it, Jordan Zoot was "revoked" because of a medical-related FOID-card suspension/revocation, not because of improperly conducted courses. From ISP today: SPRINGFIELD – Illinois State Police (ISP) announced today that…