The Weekly Reload Podcast

Apr 07 2025 242 ep. 61 mins 178

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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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Could Americans Under 21 Buy Guns at the Founding? (Ft. Gun Lawyer Alan Beck)

Apr 07 2025 50 mins

This week, we're doing a deep dive into the history surrounding Americans under 21 buying guns. That's why we've got gun-rights lawyer Alan Beck on the show. He's currently representing a client who is fighting Hawaii's age restrictions. In the wake of the Eleventh Circuit upholding Florida's gun sales ban for those under 21 by pointing to how contract law

Trump Tariffs Pose Risk to Gun Industry; InRangeTV's Karl Talks Trick Shots

Apr 04 2025 54 mins

Contributing writer Jake Fogleman and I discuss the potential fallout from President Trump's sweeping tariff announcement on the gun and ammunition market. We talk about why the potential cost increases come at a precarious time for an industry already facing some headwinds, including another month of declining gun sales based on newly released figures. Plus, we discuss a pair

Firearms Policy Scholar David Kopel on Fallout from the SCOTUS 'Ghost Gun' Ruling

Mar 31 2025 66 mins

This week, we're taking a close look at the Supreme Court's ruling in Bondi v. VanDerStok. To do that, we have the Independence Institute's David Kopel on the show. Kopel has written extensively on gun policy and been cited repeatedly at the Supreme Court. So, there are few people better qualified to dissect what the VanDerStok ruling means. Kopel argued the decision

SCOTUS Upholds ‘Ghost Gun’ Rule; March for Our Lives Lays Off Staff

Mar 28 2025 49 mins

Contributing writer Jake Fogleman and I talk about the Supreme Court's 7-2 decision to uphold the ATF's ability to treat unfinished firearms parts kits as completed guns and what that means moving forward. We also talk about the new financial troubles hitting the gun-control group March for Our Lives. Finally, we cover an outlier federal ruling on New York City's stun g

Bearing Arms' Cam Edwards on Trump's Latest Gun Moves

Mar 24 2025 43 mins

This week, we're looking at a few actions the Trump Administration just took on gun policy. To wade through those moves and navigate where the signs point, we've got Cam Edwards of Bearing Arms back on the show. We look at different stories from Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (A

Federal Appeals Courts Uphold California Mag Ban, Florida Under-21 Gun Ban

Mar 21 2025 59 mins

Contributing writer Jake Fogleman and I recap the en banc Ninth Circuit's newest decision upholding California's ban on magazines capable of holding more than ten rounds and its much-discussed video dissent from Judge Lawrence VanDyke. We also talk about a separate Ninth Circuit panel's ruling striking down Hawaii's unique restrictions on handgun sales. Finally, we

New York Times Gun Culture Reporter Thomas Gibbons-Neff On His New Beat

Mar 17 2025 44 mins

We've been highlighting the fact that The New York Times, the largest paper in the country, has finally hired a gun-beat reporter. So, this week, we invited him on the show to talk about his approach and goals. Reporter Thomas Gibbons-Neff has started consistently doing gun stories for The Grey Lady, as The Times has long been known. It's not his first assignment. I also w

7th Circuit Upholds SBR Ban; Senator Crapo on Silencer Deregulation

Mar 14 2025 60 mins

Contributing writer Jake Fogleman and I talk about a ruling out of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals that found short-barreled rifles aren't "arms" as considered by the Second Amendment. We also talk about a pair of state court rulings, one out of Oregon upholding the state's purchase permit requirements and magazine ban, and another out Massachusetts that uphe

Unpacking Smith & Wesson v. Mexico's Oral Arguments (ft. Professor Dru Stevenson)

Mar 10 2025 64 mins

This week, we've got a longer episode than usual. That's because we're doing a deep dive into oral arguments for the Supreme Court's latest gun case, Smith & Wesson v. Mexico. Most observers, including me, thought Mexico faired poorly in its attempt to move forward with liability claims against American gunmakers over cartel violence south of the border. Howeve

Firearms Sales Falter in February; Trump Skips Guns in Congressional Speech

Mar 07 2025 48 mins

Contributing writer Jake Fogleman and I break down the latest national gun sales data for February and discuss why they suggest trouble ahead for the gun industry. We also talk about Trump's latest omission of his gun policy priorities in a major public address, this time in his first joint address to Congress. Finally, we briefly recap this week's Supreme Court oral argume