John's Gun Shack

Concealed Carry In Your Vehicle Tips

We spend alot of time in our cars. If you have a firearm you should consider these tips essential for conceal carry in your vehicle.

Top 3 Reasons To Carry A Revolver Rather Than a Semi-Automatic Handgun

Some thirty years ago the American gun-buying public began to see semi-automatic pistols as reliable firearms. Once semi-autos cleared that hurdle, their superior capacity and quick reloadability ruled the day. When cops switched to semis, as the Brits say, it was all over bar the shouting. And yet revolver sales are still going strong — and for good reason! …

Should Health Systems Recognize Gun Violence as a Disease?

Should gun violence be formally recognized as a disease and should large scale health systems get more actively involved in identifying interventions to decrease firearm injury and mortality levels in their surrounding neighborhoods? These were two of the questions addressed by the expert participants convened at a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

10 Best Classic Shooting Range Targets

Any trip to the range requires targets. Check out our list of the 10 best classic shooting range targets to improve your abilities.

Why You Always Say No to the Police

Right now, I only have one child and she’s just 8 months old. But I look forward to the day when I can buy her her first .22 rifle. Since every child matures differently, I’m not sure when that day will be, but because she’s a girl, I think it’s safe to say she’ll be getting a gun a lot sooner than any son I may

8 Uncommon Rifle Shooting Tips For Beginners

Title image: This new shooter has exercised proper trigger follow through while shooting my Lithgow Enfield. Unfortunately, one leg of the rest he is using has begun to fall off the table. He will have to readjust his shooting position before he takes the next shot, which may cause his group to open up. Teaching …Read More …

Shake Shack: Cheaper But Not Much Better

Q3 revenues continue to grow at a rapid pace as Shake Shack continues to grow the number of Shacks. Profitability has been depressed by cost inflation and will

Remembering Radio Shack. A Geeks perspective...

After 94 years, Radio Shack has filed for bankruptcy. I am old enough to remember RadioShack fondly. It was the place to go for the original DIY electronics geeks. To be honest, I did not realize they were approaching their 100th year anniversary. I'm old but not that old! Of course, changing times

I Have to Ask: Do You Own a Gun?

A reader wonders whether it’s appropriate to turn down play dates with children whose parents own firearms.

Legendary Shack Shakers: Agridustrial

I just got some free music from Legendary Shack Shakers and thought you might enjoy it. You can listen here: noisetrade.com/legendaryshackshakers/agridustrial

There IS Something You Can Do to Prevent Gun Violence

When I was growing up in suburban Chicago, my mother would welcome us home from school. After a quick hello and maybe a snack, we would drop off our sch...

Is Happiness a Warm Gun? Then You Need a Gun Snuggler!

The defictionalized product of the day is the Gun Snuggler. What started out as an Internet joke about the eccentricities of gun ownership has now become an actual holiday gift, allowing you to enjoy the happiness that is a warm gun.

We All Do It! What Do You Do With Your Gun When Nature Calls?

Let’s hear it. When you experience what can only be described as a “right now” pain and a public restroom is your only option, what do you do with your gun?

Paddy Shack: when your favorite bar adds a kitchen

What if one of your favorite dive bars suddenly added a kitchen and a full menu? And it was created by one of the best fine-dining chefs in town?, the new restaurant-within-a-bar at St. Paul's Half Time Rec.

Teaching middle-schoolers about gun safety makes sense

About a third of Utahns own guns — 31.9 percent, according to a June 2015 study published in the journal Injury Prevention. Put another way, if your kid goes over to a friend’s house to play, the...

Can’t Wait to Get a Gun?