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jboch

https://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.
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More Guns, Less Crime true internationally.

Nov 7, 2013 jboch

by Awr Hawkins Since 1998, John Lott's seminal work More Guns, Less Crime has been used to show that areas with the highest gun ownership in America experience the least crime on a per capita basis. It now appears that what Lott discovered as true for the U.S.A. is true…

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FLASH: Dick Metcalf axed from Guns & Ammo

Nov 6, 2013 jboch

Dick Metcalf, a long-time gun writer and editor of Guns & Ammo magazine, was unceremoniously fired today. His termination comes on the heels of his column in the latest issue of that gun mag, in which he discusses his approval of further regulations of Second Amendment Rights. “I believe in…

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SHARPE: Reading, PA CCW holder fatally perforates armed robber duo; Family reacts, Sharpe responds

Nov 6, 2013 jboch

[caption id="attachment_9905" align="alignnone" width="568"] Scumbag armed robbers. Their families are "demanding justice" for the "good boys" who were threatening to kill people as part of an armed robbery.[/caption] by Frank Sharpe Fortress Defense Consultants   [caption id="attachment_9907" align="alignnone" width="600"] Good boys got dead while committing an armed robbery.[/caption] It was…

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Taking of PETA drones: No extra habitat stamps required…

Oct 30, 2013 jboch

[caption id="attachment_9867" align="alignnone" width="473"] PETA's Air Farce.[/caption] The do-gooders over at PETA have splashed the newest "tool" for their members to use to fight those evil hunters and gun owners...   a surveillance drone. The good news is that there are no extra habitat stamps needed to take a PETA drone,…