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.

Citizens for a *REALLY* safe Ashland, Oregon…

...have a message for you. It's Sunday.  Time for some lighter fare. This is wonderful, four-minute video.  Turn up the volume and pay attention to this guy.  He is very humorous in his pointed satire of a proposed local ordinance to ban "loaded carry" to "make Ashland safer".   How he…

Anti-gun Mass. state representative expelled today

Why are anti-gun activists so violent? Could it be the manifestation of psychological projection in their fears of gun owners? In any event, the at-times violent, anti-gun activist and jailed Massachusetts State Representative Carlos Henriquez was expelled from the Massachusetts House today by a 146-5 vote. His transgression? He beat…

Good guy with a gun stops would-be spree killer

Good guys with a gun are the only thing that stops bad guys with evil in their hearts. That was the case Wednesday, February 5th in Perry, Florida, as a disgruntled employee for Timberland Ford crashed his truck through a display window and came out blazing with a semi-auto shotgun.…

Congrats to Pontiac winners!

[caption id="attachment_10799" align="alignnone" width="600"] If you see Terry Zeiters (left) or Wayne Jensen (right), wish the congratulations on their winning the monthly gun drawing. Jensen came away with the home defense shotgun. Zeiters on a rimfire steel plate rack.[/caption] Over two dozen folks braved what were supposed to be terrible…

GIBLIN: Choosing a carry set-up

  by Tim Giblin (GunsSaveLife) - There is always a new and improved tool (or toy) to make us “better”. The reality is, no one has time for that type of constant experimentation. This article is an attempt to present a very simple concept: consistency trumps potential any day of…