The Weekly Reload Podcast
by Stephen Gutowski
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A podcast from The Reload that offers sober, serious firearms reporting and analysis. It focuses on gun policy, politics, and culture. Tune in to hear from Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski and special guests from across the gun world each week.
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- A Federal Judge Hits at the Heart of DOJ's 2A Suits as it Files a New One in California · 46 minReload Founder Stephen Gutowski breaks down a new ruling against the Department of Justice's (DOJ) lawsuit over "gun-free" zones in Montgomery County, Maryland. He explains why…
- How Democrats' Midterm Blowout Will Impact Gun Policy (Ft. Semafor's Dave Weigel) · 1 h 5 minThe midterm elections just returned a sweeping victory for Democrats. On this episode, we're going to examine what that means moving forward--especially for gun policy. To do…
- Democrats Dominate Midterms as Gun-Control Groups Rout Gun-Rights Groups · 1 h 2 minReload Reporter Julie Miller and I examine the outcome of the midterms, especially the key gun races. We discuss how badly the gun-rights movement got outraised and outspent by…
- Podcast: What to Watch For on Election Night (Ft. Cam Edwards) · 1 h 5 minWe're right up on the eve of the 2026 midterm elections. The fundamentals of the races are locked in. All that's really left to do now is sit back and watch what happens. To…
- DOJ Sends ATF Personnel to Monitor Polling Places; Everytown Breaks Another Fundraising Record · 53 minReload Reporter Julie Miller and I discuss a new Department of Justice filing that says they plan to send some ATF personnel to monitor elections on Tuesday. Then we look at new…
- How NFA Mirror Laws Impact Silencer, SBR Sales (ft. Firearms Attorney Gilbert Ambler) · 1 h 1 minThis week, we're taking a deep dive into the murky waters of National Firearms Act (NFA) mirror laws. While an injunction has blocked enforcement of much of the NFA for a lot of…
- Bloomberg Injects Tens of Millions into Everytown Midterm Push; Polls Show Voters Complacent on Guns · 1 h 7 minReload Reporter Julie Miller and I look at the biggest donation Everytown's Super PAC has ever received. Unsurprisingly, it came from billionaire Michael Bloomberg. The $22…
- How Will Gun Politics Impact the Midterms? (Ft. Semafor's Burgess Everett) · 1 h 2 minThis week, we're previewing how gun politics may impact the upcoming midterm elections. To do that, we have Semafor's Burgess Everett back on the show. He serves as the…
- Florida Greenlights Unregistered Silencers, NRA Drops its First Midterm Ad · 46 minI detail Florida's decision on how it plans to enforce, or not enforce, its National Firearms Act (NFA) mirror law. Then I discuss the National Rifle Association's new ad in the…
- Exclusive: ATF Director, Chief Counsel Explain New Guidance on Silencers, SBRs · 27 minThis week, we have the first interview with ATF Director Robert Cekada and Chief Counsel Robert Leider on their new guidance for how the agency will now handle the National…
- Midterm Gun Money Race Turns Lopsided; Silencer Sales Soar · 60 minReload Reporter Julie Miller and I dig into the latest Federal Election Commission filings that indicate the gun money race has gotten out of hand. Then we talk about how 1.1…
- Researching Women and Guns (Ft. Yale's Kerri Raissian & KU's Margaret Kelley) · 1 h 3 minThis week, we're discussing the growing phenomenon of female gun ownership. To dive into the demographic change and its fascinating implications, we have two academics who were…
- Connecticut's Glock Ban Gets Blocked; Gun Owners Join Flock Camera Backlash · 1 h 8 minReload Reporter Julie Miller and I cover the first injunction issued against a "Glock ban," which came in a Connecticut case. Then we look at growing opposition to Flock cameras…
- High School Admits Gun Search Was Clearly Illegal (Ft. SAF's Bill Sack) · 51 minThis week, we're looking at a Fourth Amendment case out of New Hampshire. To do that, we have the Second Amendment Foundation's (SAF) Bill Sack with us to describe how his group…
- Ninth Circuit Finds Bruen Test 'Carve Out'; Poll Says Americans Split on SCOTUS AR-15 Case · 48 minIn a shortened and early update, I detail the Ninth Circuit's decision to uphold novel Hawaiian gun-buying restrictions by using a "carve-out" it identified in the Supreme…
- Guntuber Subpoenaed By Gun-Control Group in Mass Shooting Liability Case (Ft. TFB TV's James Reeves) · 1 h 7 minThis week, we're talking to the man at the center of a brand new legal fight in the gun world. The Firearms Blog TV founder, James Reeves, was subpoenaed in an Everytown-backed…
- Maryland Synagogue Wins Injunction Against Gun-Carry Ban; DC Jumps Into NRA Foundation Fight · 1 h 4 minReload Reporter Julie Miller and I cover a new ruling out of Montgomery County, Maryland, that blocks a gun ban at places of worship. We also discuss Washington, DC attempting to…
- Examining the Pro-Gun Briefs in the SCOTUS AR-15 Case (Ft. Bearing Arms' Cam Edwards) · 57 minThis week, we're taking a look at the briefs backing the plaintiffs in Viramontes v. Cook County. Bearing Arms editor Cam Edwards joins the show to share what he thinks are the…
- On the Ground in Ukraine's Gun-Rights Fight; The Third Circuit Revives New Jersey Gun Industry Suit · 1 h 5 minReload Reporter Shiv Parihar and I cover his recent trip to Kyiv in order to document what's happening with gun rights in Ukraine. He details how the push to liberalize the…
- Teaching a College Course on Guns in America (Ft. Wake Forest's David Yamane) · 1 h 2 minThis week, we're taking a deep dive into a novel college class on the sociology of guns. Wake Forrest University professor David Yamane joins the show to describe his…
- New Survey Gives Insight on Gun Ownership, Defensive Use; Ninth Circuit Upholds Gun Store Surveillance Law · 1 h 8 minReload Reporter Julie Miller and I discuss the new release of the National Firearms Survey, which polled more than 50,000 Americans about gun ownership and defensive use. The…
- ATF Hacked in Russian Ransomware Attack (Ft. Cybernews' Stefanie Schappert) · 1 h 5 minThis week, news broke that an extortion group claimed it broke into the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). To explain what we know and what may be…
- CDC Restores Gun Defense Use Estimates; YouTuber JaredAF on Building Marksmanship · 1 h 20 minReload reporter Julie Miller and I cover an update to a story we first broke back in 2022. The CDC reinstated an estimate on the number of defensive gun uses after backlash. We…
- Murder Hits All-Time Low (Ft. AH Datalytic's Jeff Asher) · 37 minThis week, the FBI released its latest crime data report, and the news was good. Murder fell faster than at any point in history, and it hit an all-time low last year. To…
- Startup Says It's Developed 3D Printer Gun Part Filter; DOJ Rights Restoration Process Drops · 1 h 9 minReporter Julie Miller and I cover an exclusive interview with a startup founder who says he's developed software to block 3D printers from producing gun parts. We also discuss…
- How Far Does the Injunction Against the National Firearms Act Extend? (Ft. SAF's Kostas Moros) · 60 minThis week, we're diving back into the injunction against enforcement of wide swaths of the National Firearms Act (NFA). That's because, in a bit of a surprise move, the…
- Activists Make the First Legal Unregistered Silencer Sale in 100 Years; Newly Unearthed Videos Show Abdul El-Sayed's Gun Views · 60 minReload Founder Stephen Gutowski covers the first legal unregistered silencer sale in nearly 100 years. Then he discusses newly-unearthed videos of Abdul El-Sayed, the Michigan…
- How Gun-Rights Advocates Convinced a Judge the National Firearms Act is Unconstitutional (Ft. FRAC's Travis White) · 1 h 0 minThis week, we're taking a close look at a federal judge's decision to strike down a wide swath of National Firearms Act (NFA) regulations. To do that, we have one of the…
- Colorado Gun Sales Soar as New Restrictions Arrive; The Humble Marksman Explains the Gun Industry's Latest Crossroads · 1 h 4 minReload Founder Stephen Gutowski details the latest on gun sales spiking in Colorado ahead of the state's new permit-to-purchase law going into effect. He also explains the…
- A Pro-Gun Critique of the SCOTUS Second Amendment Test (Ft. GMU Professor Ilya Somin) · 60 minWe've looked at the Supreme Court's upcoming Second Amendment case against AR-15 bans with the lawyer who helped craft the Court's view of gun rights and with a professor who is…
- Connecticut Under-21 Handgun Bans Upheld; Virginia AR-15 Ban to Stay Blocked · 48 minContributing writer Jake Fogleman and I discuss a sweeping new ruling out of Connecticut, where a federal judge upheld the state's handgun restrictions for 18-20-year-olds…
- AR-15s Return to Virginia Shelves (Ft. VCDL's Phil Van Cleave) · 52 minThis week, AR-15s returned to the shelves of gun stores in the Old Dominion. Despite being removed about three weeks ago amid a murky legal situation, the popular rifles are…
- Massachusetts AR-15 Ban Upheld; Maine's New Senate Candidate Moves Democrats Left on Guns · 1 h 4 minContributing writer Jake Fogleman and I cover a new ruling out of the First Circuit Court of Appeals upholding Massachusetts' ban on AR-15s and similar rifles. Meanwhile, we…
- Confronting the Flawed Story Behind the First SCOTUS Second Amendment Case (Ft. Brian Frye) · 1 h 7 minThis week, we're looking back at the Supreme Court case that established the "common use" standard likely to play a major role in its new AR-15 case. That case is 1939's US v…
- California Glock Ban Block Denied; Appeals Court Upholds Gun Ban for Weed Smoker · 1 h 2 minContributing writer Jake Fogleman and I discuss a federal judge's recent rejection of the Justice Department's request for a TRO against California's ban on Glocks and other…
- Why Lower Courts Agree on AR-15 Bans and Why it May Not Matter (Ft. Andrew Willinger) · 1 h 3 minThis week, we're looking at how the lower courts have handled AR-15 ban challenges in light of the Supreme Court's latest Second Amendment case. To explain the consensus that's…
- Virginia AR-15 Ban Set to be Blocked Statewide; Texas's Talarico Backed 'Assault Weapons' Ban · 1 h 2 minContributing writer Jake Fogleman and I discuss the latest injunction issued by a state court judge against Virginia's "assault firearms" ban which would block its enforcement…
- Where SCOTUS Has Come on Guns and Where It's Going in the AR Ban Case (ft. Stephen Halbrook) · 52 minThe Supreme Court has taken up a Second Amendment challenge to a pair of AR-15 sales bans. It's one of the most consequential in the Court's history of gun cases. To discuss it…
- SCOTUS Takes AR-15 Ban Challenge as Virginia Ban Goes Into Effect · 1 h 4 minContributing writer Jake Fogleman and I discuss the US Supreme Court finally agreeing to review the constitutionality of bans on AR-15s and similar rifles next term. We also…
- The Lawyer Who Slayed the 'Vampire Rule' Explains SCOTUS Gun Ruling (Ft. Alan Beck) · 1 h 1 minThis week, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) struck down Hawaii's broadest gun-carry restriction. To discuss the outcome of the case, we have the lawyer who won it…
- SCOTUS Stakes Hawaii ‘Vampire Rule,’ Judge Blocks Virginia AR-15 Ban · 1 h 3 minContributing writer Jake Fogleman and I cover the Supreme Court's new ruling in Wolford v. Lopez, where the Court held that Hawaii may not legally ban licensed gun carry on…
- NRA Faces New Financial Peril (Ft. OSU's Brian Mittendorf) · 50 minThis week, we're taking a look at the state of the National Rifle Association (NRA) as it faces what may be its biggest challenge yet. The NRA has survived 150 years, a…
- SCOTUS Rules 9-0 on Gun Rights for Marijuana Users · 52 minContributing writer Jake Fogleman and I break down the US Supreme Court's first major Second Amendment decision of the year in US v. Hemani, where the justices unanimously upheld…
- Florida Waves White Flag on Gun Waiting Periods (Ft. Matt Larosiere) · 55 minThis week, we're talking about a new legal agreement that would end Florida's waiting periods on gun purchases. To discuss the ins and outs of the agreement, we have the…
- Virginia Denies Individual Right to Arms in AR-15 Ban Case; DOJ Investigates Philly Over Gun-Carry Permit Revocations · 1 h 8 minContributing writer Jake Fogleman and I discuss a new filing from Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones in defense of the state's new "assault firearm" ban, where he claimed the…
- Gun Murder Slides as Gun Suicides Surge (Ft. Pew's John Gramlich) · 1 h 10 minThis week, we're looking at a sorely undercovered national story: the murder rate is declining at an incredible rate. At the same time, the suicide rate is headed the other way…
- Virginia Gun Sales Double Ahead of AR-15 Ban; Judge Reaffirms Universal Background Check Law Block · 60 minContributing writer Jake Fogleman and I cover new data showing Virginia's monthly gun sales doubling year-over-year, landing it in the number 2 spot in the nation for long gun…
- Is New Jersey Discriminating Against Minority Gun Owners? (Ft. Slate's Aymann Ismail) · 1 h 2 minThis week, we're looking into reporting on racism in New Jersey's gun permitting process. That's why we're talking to Aymann Ismail of Slate Magazine, who both experienced…
- Murder Rate Continues Plummet; NY Governor Signs 3D Printer, Glock Bans · 1 h 4 minContributing writer Jake Fogleman and I cover a new analysis of violent crime data that appears to show a further record drop in murder. We also discuss New York Governor Kathy…
- We Answer Your Gun Politics Questions · 1 h 4 minThis week, we're taking gun policy and politics questions from our members. It's been a while since we've done a Q&A, and quite a lot has happened. So, we're answering…
