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.

The Semantics of Manipulation

  [caption id="attachment_2043" align="alignnone" width="480"] Base photo courtesy Oleg Volk.[/caption] Why Are You Losing Your Freedoms? The Semantics of Manipulation by John Ross Semantics: the historical and psychological study and the classification of changes in the signification of words or forms viewed as factors in linguistic development What is wrong…

NDAA Habeas Corpus suspensions blocked!

The NDAA is dead! At last a Federal Judge who actually applies the U.S. Constitution as written has blocked the U.S. Government's ability to detain people without charges. The National Defense Authorization Act's "Homeland Battlefield" provisions allowed for the indefinite detention of people for terror-related reasons, but indefinite detention without…

Romney’s latest on guns…

The Daily Caller has a great interview by the NRA's Chris Cox with Mitt Romney. We thought we'd share a couple of questions with you. Yes, we know Romney has signed anti-gun legislation in the past.  Yes, we know Romney is a long way from perfect. Anyway, here is and…

ACT OF WAR!

This is a photograph of the deceased U.S. Ambassador to Libya, killed when Islamist gunman attacked a consulate.  Also yesterday, the U.S. Embassy in Egypt was attacked, a provocation in and of itself. C'mon Mr. President.  The killing of an American Ambassador is an act of war.

The Racist Roots of Gun Control

Gun control in America, and in many other nations as well, has long had a racist component to it. Keeping "undesirables" from owning, possessing and using firearms has long been the goal of gun control proponents both then and now. Some don't even bother with "dog whistle" comments exposing their…

ANOTHER “Mayors Against Illegal Guns” Mayor Arrested…

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="403"] Trenton's Mayor in the company of the FBI, while wearing bracelets.Photo courtesy News One.[/caption] Michael Bloomberg's anti-gun "Mayors Against Illegal Guns" has added yet another member's arrest to their impressive list of gun ban advocates getting themselves arrested and/or convicted of felonies while in office. While…

Five reasons to carry full-capacity magazines

Life is too precious to run out of bullets! by Rabbi Dovid Bendory (Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership) - Minutes before lunatic Jared Loughner began his mayhem in Arizona, the issue of a Federal high capacity ammunition magazine ban was a complete political non-starter.  Obama didn’t go near…