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.

CUMBERLAND COUNTY: Coyote shootin’, CCW applyin’ goodness!

[caption id="attachment_10771" align="alignnone" width="620"] Dave Clark, left and Shawn Light of X-Ring Guns show off the trophies awarded to the top coyote hunters as part of their not-so-PeTA-approved "Coyote Competition".[/caption] Dave Clark from X-Ring Guns in the metropolis of Toledo (Illinois, that is) has been busy. He's got himself a…

Crass Bill Mahar strikes again.

Bill Mahar struggles to remain relevant with another bigoted swipe against mainstream America. Friday, on his HBO program watched by 187 people world-wide, Mahar quipped, "Now that liberals have forwarded their agenda by inserting a mass gay wedding into the Grammys, conservatives must match them tit-for-tat by having a mass…

Moms Demand Action: As hard as they try, freedom won’t die

[caption id="attachment_10751" align="alignnone" width="600"] This billboard along the I-55 Stevenson Expressway in Chicago is causing apoplexy among Moms Demand Action's agitators.[/caption] The Chicago Tribune is just the latest mainstream media outlet to report on the manufactured kerfuffle over a billboard along the I-55 Stevenson Expressway in Chicago. The billboard, pictured…

High Caliber Training Center and Indoor Range is OPEN

[caption id="attachment_10738" align="alignnone" width="534"] HCTC CEO Tim Murray, right, with Richard Hettinger who was the first shooter on the range.[/caption]   We didn't venture out much today with the freezing rain and general nastiness out in the world, but we did see where High Caliber Training Center and Indoor Range…