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.

NRA: Now over 5 MILLION members

At the NRA 2013 Convention this year, NRA's EVP Wayne LaPierre announced the NRA now has over five million members. And every one of those paid for their membership. NRA Surges to Record 5 Million Members (Breitbart) - At the National Rifle Association's convention in Houston, TX, NRA Executive Vice…

Anti-gunners working on waking the (firebreathing) dragon

Barry Snell, a senior at the Iowa State University, has penned a magnificent piece published at ISU student newspaper.  The quality and content of the piece eclipses that of most national mainstream media opinion writers. In the piece, he suggests that continued media and political hyperbole and name-calling will solve…

More money for gun confiscations in California

[caption id="attachment_7371" align="alignnone" width="600"] California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, April 24, 2013. The Democratic governor wants to give school districts more control of the money they receive from the state and provide poorer districts with a larger share of state aid. Brown…

GSL’s Peoria region inaugural meeting: Thursday, May 2nd

Please welcome our fourth monthly meeting location:  Peoria! Guns Save Life Peoria Meeting First Thursday of the month Knights of Columbus Spalding Council 427 7403 N. Radnor Road Peoria, IL  61615 Dinner and Conversation at 5:30. Meeting Business at 7:00. Contact:  Steve Schnurbusch at steve_schnurbusch (at) hotmail dot com

CHAMPAIGN COUNTY: Watch out! Berkeley, CA-based company seeks to bring liberal criminal justice policies to Champaign County

Central Illinois residents, particularly those in Champaign County, watch out! The Democratically-controlled Champaign County Board spent $120,000 to hire  a Berkeley, CA-based criminal justice consulting firm to make recommendations for changes to Champaign County's criminal justice system. Translation:  The Berkeley-based company is recommending bringing "alternative" criminal justice policies to the…

The seven-round hypocrisy in New York State

  While New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Michael Bloomberg enjoy professionally-trained security teams with standard-capacity magazines, everyday American citizens in that state are limited to an arbitrary seven-rounds in their magazines. Seven rounds. That's not even four double-taps. Why is this significant to the safety of NY families?…