Guns Save Life

We Defend Your Right to Defend Yourself

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.
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Compare and Contrast II: Guns Save Life vs. CSGV

Sep 18, 2012 jboch

Miguel over at GunFreeZone had a nice catch he found from checking out the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence's Facebook page (no, we're not going to link to CSGV). We will show you their pathetic picture. [caption id="attachment_2159" align="alignnone" width="504"] Here's the caption CGSV put up:  Join us at the…

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MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Helping Sarah McKinley

Sep 17, 2012 jboch

From the February 2012 issue of GunNews (Guns Save Life) - At the January meeting, GSL President John Boch brought up the story from New Year’s Eve of Sarah McKinley from Blanchard, OK.  This 18-year-old mother lost her husband to cancer on Christmas Day 2011 and less than a week…

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Wannabe jihadist thwarted in Chicago

Sep 16, 2012 jboch

Think terror attacks will only happen in far away big cities like New York City? Think again. There's all sorts of radical islamists (capitalization intentional) seeking to kill people in the name of their twisted interpretation of Islam. God bless the FBI for nabbing this 18-year-old who thought he was…