{"id":2836,"date":"2014-08-11T09:23:47","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T13:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=2836"},"modified":"2014-08-11T09:23:47","modified_gmt":"2014-08-11T13:23:47","slug":"a-renaissance-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/a-renaissance-man\/","title":{"rendered":"A RENAISSANCE MAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The shooting world has lost another stalwart.\u00a0 A skilled shooting competitor back when he had time for it, John LeVick could have made a good living as a gunsmith if he had not devoted himself to the practice of law in Lubbock, Texas.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2838\" src=\"http:\/\/backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/LeVick-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"LeVick\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/LeVick-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/LeVick.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> He passed suddenly last week, altogether too soon at 59.\u00a0 A mutual friend, gun collector Chuck MacDonald, eulogized John as a Renaissance man I think he nailed it.<\/p>\n<p>His obituary is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legacy.com\/obituaries\/lubbockonline\/obituary.aspx?n=john-levick&amp;pid=172051127\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I first took note of Brother LeVick with his posts on <a href=\"http:\/\/smith-wessonforum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">smith-wessonforum.com<\/a>, where his screen name was 38\/44HD45.\u00a0 We found ourselves corresponding frequently on a private forum; John had significant experience in gun- and shooting-related cases.\u00a0 I finally got to meet him last year at the Texas Bar Association\u2019s annual Firearms Law Symposium.\u00a0 As expected, he was as insightful in person as he was in print.<\/p>\n<p>Like so many in the pro-gun movement, John LeVick was motivated by love of family, love of justice and fairness, and love of life.\u00a0 True to form, he left instructions that when he passed, in lieu of flowers, contributions should be made to the <a href=\"http:\/\/saf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Second Amendment Foundation<\/a><br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<p><em>Vaya con Dios, <\/em>John LeVick.\u00a0 You are missed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The shooting world has lost another stalwart.\u00a0 A skilled shooting competitor back when he had time for it, John LeVick could have made a good living as a gunsmith if he had not devoted himself to the practice of law in Lubbock, Texas.\u00a0 He passed suddenly last week, altogether too soon at 59.\u00a0 A mutual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2836","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}