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.

Protective Firearms Institute responds: GSL retracts

On Friday, we posted "Buyer Beware:  Do your homework before registering for an Illinois Concealed Carry class" where we cautioned Illinois gun owners about some groups advertising classes as approved when they are not or others who certainly seem questionable at best. Among those mentioned as an example was Protective…

Col. Robert Howard: The Greatest Hero America Never Knew

[caption id="attachment_9528" align="alignnone" width="360"] Col. Robert Howard[/caption]   The Greatest Hero America Never Knew The true story of Waco's Col. Robert Howard. by David Feherty D Magazine The Department of Homeland Security is not doing its job. As proof, I, David Feherty, a 17-year resident of the Dallas area but…

Champaign County Housing Authority steps in it

[caption id="attachment_9523" align="alignnone" width="600"] YOU'VE GOT MAIL!The certified kind.[/caption] They didn't listen. Yesterday, after Guns Save Life president John Boch addressed the Champaign County Housing Authority (CCHA) board of commissioners (which, by the way, look nothing like a cross-section of the community) and expressed profound concerns with CCHA trampling of…

THINK PROGRESS: Female gun owners are stupid

Think Progress, according the Wikipedia, "is an American political blog that 'provide[s] a forum that advances progressive ideas and policies'.  It is an outlet of the Center for American Progress. They aren't big fans of self-defense or gun ownership. They published a story today (a huge hat tip to Miguel…