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.

Open carry arrest in Ohio nets $3.6M lawsuit

  ... that's gonna leave a mark. Cliff's Notes:  Guy open carries at zero-dark-thirty to a stop and rob.  Someone notices and calls five-oh. The po-po roll up like it's a sighting of one of the islamic terrorist bombers from Boston and cuff and stuff the open carrier. Mr. Open…

IL FOID-card processing delays continue

Illinois State Police are woefully behind on processing Firearms Owners Identification cards, required by the state for its residents to possess firearms or ammunition. While the cards are good for ten years, processing times last we knew were between sixty and ninety days in most cases. The law mandates the…

DEFCAD LIBERATOR TAKE-DOWN: Horse is already out of the barn

[caption id="attachment_7502" align="alignnone" width="600"] They can "claim" all they want. The information is in the public domain.[/caption]   Too late, fellas. It's out. Specifically, it can be had from The Pirate Bay HERE, HERE and HERE. State Department Demands Takedown Of 3D-Printable Gun Files For Possible Export Control Violations The…

30 days to go…

[caption id="attachment_7492" align="alignnone" width="400"] 30 day countdown...[/caption]   30 days to go until Illinois gets unregulated carry! It's not really Constitutional Carry, which four states enjoy and another (Arkansas) will have later this summer, because local home-rule government units can place restrictions (albeit, probably unconstitutional) and may try to make…