Just finished teaching a MAG-80 second-level 40-hour class in Illinois.\u00a0 Handgun, carbine and shotgun; long range and short; wounded defender return fire techniques and shooting on the move and taking maximum advantage of cover; gun retention and disarming, and more.\u00a0 Student evaluations came out to 9.94 on a 10-scale.<\/p>\n
A lot of the credit for that goes to our teaching cadre, which included former national champion Bob Houzenga<\/a>, Andy Kemp<\/a>, Jim Fitzpatrick and Philippa Coates, among others. But credit also goes to our host facility, the Illinois State Rifle Association near Kankakee.<\/a><\/p>\n Rich Pearson has led Is ISRA to its status as one of the most effective state-level gun owners\u2019 civil rights organizations in the country.\u00a0 Along with Illinois Carry and Guns Save Lives, ISRA gets a big piece of the credit for Illinois establishing shall-issue concealed handgun carry some five years ago.\u00a0 They are second to none in promotion of shooting sports and safety classes.\u00a0 ISRA each year ramrods IGOLD, the Illinois Gun Owners\u2019 Legislative Day, where thousands of law-abiding gun owners march in Springfield, the state capitol, each year.\u00a0 ISRA has been extraordinarily successful in fighting anti-gun legislation and promoting pro-gun bills.<\/p>\n