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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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Let’s put an end to “gun-free” zones

Dec 21, 2012 jboch

[caption id="attachment_4156" align="alignnone" width="430"] The scene from a mass public attack in Kansas City, KS at the ConAgra plant. Note the “gun free zone” sign in the foreground.[/caption] Gun-free zones afford make-believe protection from whack-jobs, terrorists and criminals Let’s put an end to “gun-free” zones   Gun-free zones fail miserably…

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The NRA speaks: END GUN-FREE ZONES

Dec 21, 2012 jboch

[caption id="attachment_4146" align="alignnone" width="480"] So typical of those opposed to our Second Amendment civil rights - they don't respect any of our other rights either.[/caption] Cliff's Notes: The National Rifle Association, the big mother bear of gun rights groups, held a news conference this morning, acting like adults seeking a…

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Note from A Dead Sandy Hook Teacher

Dec 20, 2012 jboch

Reprinted, in full, with permission and attribution. h/t to Karl Denninger at The Market Ticker.   I want to tell you about my recent death. I will be brief, because I know there are many other stories to be told about my tragic day. I hope that my death brings…

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Take a deep breath… it’s going to be okay

Dec 19, 2012 jboch

[caption id="attachment_4092" align="alignnone" width="600"] Grace Kelly starred with Gary Cooper in High Noon, an Academy Award-winning Western about a good-guy veteran marshal who finds that he must face a gang of vicious outlaws alone.  Today, good guy gun owners are feeling alone thanks to the vicious mainstream media lobbying hard…