{"id":29,"name":"Gary Paul Johnston","url":"","description":"Having fired his first shot at the age of 5 by killing a pig his uncle was going to butcher, Gary Paul Johnston began a lifelong interest in firearms, hunting and shooting.  Beginning a 28-year in law enforcement in 1963, Gary worked every division, always favoring uniformed patrol where the action was.  He began writing in 1976 with nearly 2,000 articles on firearms published to date, along with two books, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1879356546\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1879356546&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=cascityinassociw\">Custer's Horses<\/a> and co-authoring <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B006YG6ZR6\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B006YG6ZR6&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=cascityinassociw\">The World's Assault Rifles<\/a>.  Having attended more schools on shooting and tactics than he can count, Gary is still learning,  He says that if he can pass on even a little to others of what he<\/em>\r\n<em> has learned he will have achieved a worthy goal. Gary and his wife, Nancy, also a retired police officer, live in Colorado, are both Life Members of the NRA and strong 2nd Amendment advocates. Gary is also featured on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/category\/tvshows\/gun-stories\/\">MidwayUSA's Gun Stories<\/a>.","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/author\/gary-paul-johnston\/","slug":"gary-paul-johnston","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fdc224fe6ced843388a5b5068cf59b10738637a5286fa9ff33adf7a07dea58dc?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fdc224fe6ced843388a5b5068cf59b10738637a5286fa9ff33adf7a07dea58dc?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fdc224fe6ced843388a5b5068cf59b10738637a5286fa9ff33adf7a07dea58dc?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}