The Weekly Reload Podcast
A podcast featuring The Reload's Stephen Gutowski
About the show
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.
Episodes
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SCOTUS Clears Path for Under-21 Gun Carry in Minnesota; Fox Poll Has Trump Underwater on Guns
April 24th, 2025 | 37 mins
2nd amendment, donald trump, gun news, gun politics, guns, jake fogleman, minnesota, polling, second amendment, stephen gutowski, supreme court
Host Jake Fogleman and Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski discuss the Supreme Court's denial of cert in an age restriction case and Donald Trump's latest polling numbers.
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The NRA After Its Latest Board Election and Trump's Snub (ft. John Petrolino)
April 21st, 2025 | 44 mins 29 secs
2nd amendment, donald trump, gun news, gun politics, guns, john petrolino, nra, nra board, second amendment, stephen gutowski
Host Stephen Gutowski and guest John Petrolino discuss the outcome of the NRA's most recent election.
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Trump Rejects Gun Control After FSU Shooting, Skips NRA Annual Meeting
April 18th, 2025 | 39 mins 18 secs
2nd amendment, ar-15, assault weapons, donald trump, gun news, gun politics, guns, jake fogleman, massachusetts, montana, nra, red flag laws, second amendment, stephen gutowski
Host Jake Fogleman and Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski discuss Donald Trump's first comments in the wake of the FSU shooting and his decision to bail on the NRA.
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Tariffs and the Gun Industry (ft. National Shooting Sports Foundation's Larry Keane)
April 14th, 2025 | 49 mins 34 secs
2nd amendment, donald trump, gun news, gun politics, guns, larry keane, second amendment, stephen gutowski, tariffs
Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Larry Keane discuss the state of the gun industry and the impact of Trump's tariffs.
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Colorado Governor Signs Semi-Auto Restrictions; ATF Announces Leadership Change
April 11th, 2025 | 48 mins 30 secs
2nd amendment, atf, colorado, daniel driscoll, gun news, gun politics, guns, jake fogleman, kash patel, second amendment, stephen gutowski
Host Jake Fogleman and Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski discuss Colorado's new semi-automatic permit-to-purchase law.
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Could Americans Under 21 Buy Guns at the Founding? (Ft. Gun Lawyer Alan Beck)
April 7th, 2025 | 50 mins 53 secs
2nd amendment, age restrictions, alan beck, gun news, gun politics, guns, second amendment, stephen gutowski, supreme court
Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Alan Beck discuss the history around those under 21 buying guns.
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Trump Tariffs Pose Risk to Gun Industry; InRangeTV's Karl Talks Trick Shots
April 4th, 2025 | 54 mins 27 secs
2nd amendment, gun news, gun politics, gun sales, guns, inrangetv, jake fogleman, second amendment, stephen gutowski, tariffs
Host Jake Fogleman and Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski discuss tariff impacts on the gun industry.
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Firearms Policy Scholar David Kopel on Fallout from the SCOTUS 'Ghost Gun' Ruling
March 31st, 2025 | 1 hr 6 mins
2nd amendment, david kopel, ghost guns, gun news, gun politics, guns, second amendment, stephen gutowski, supreme court
Host Stephen Gutowski and guest David Kopel discuss the Supreme Court's ruling in Bondi v. VanDerStok.
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SCOTUS Upholds ‘Ghost Gun’ Rule; March for Our Lives Lays Off Staff
March 28th, 2025 | 49 mins 25 secs
2nd amendment, atf, california, doj, ghost guns, gun news, gun politics, guns, jake fogleman, second amendment, stephen gutowski, supreme court
Host Jake Fogleman and Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski discuss the latest Supreme Court ruling and the downfall of one of the nation's most prominent gun-control groups.
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Bearing Arms' Cam Edwards on Trump's Latest Gun Moves
March 24th, 2025 | 43 mins 28 secs
2nd amendment, atf, cam edwards, donald trump, gun news, gun politics, guns, pam bondi, robert leider, second amendment, stephen gutowski
Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski and guest Cam Edwards talk about a new rule reigniting the gun-rights restoration process and the new ATF Chief Counsel.
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Federal Appeals Courts Uphold California Mag Ban, Florida Under-21 Gun Ban
March 21st, 2025 | 59 mins 43 secs
2nd amendment, florida, gun news, gun politics, guns, jake fogleman, magazine ban, ninth circuit, second amendment, stephen gutowski, under 21
Host Jake Fogleman and Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski discuss several new federal court rulings in major gun cases.
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New York Times Gun Culture Reporter Thomas Gibbons-Neff On His New Beat
March 17th, 2025 | 44 mins 37 secs
2nd amendment, gun culture, gun news, gun politics, gun reporting, guns, new york times, second amendment, stephen gutowski, thomas gibbons-neff
Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Thomas Gibbons-Neff discuss the latter's approach to reporting on firearms in his new role at The New York Times.
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7th Circuit Upholds SBR Ban; Senator Crapo on Silencer Deregulation
March 14th, 2025 | 1 hr 52 secs
2nd amendment, gun news, gun politics, guns, hearing protection act, jake fogleman, second amendment, senator mike crapo, silencers, stephen gutowski
Host Jake Fogleman and Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski discuss a Seventh Circuit ruling on the National Firearms Act and Senator Mike Crapo talks about the Hearing Protection Act.
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Unpacking Smith & Wesson v. Mexico's Oral Arguments (ft. Professor Dru Stevenson)
March 10th, 2025 | 1 hr 4 mins
2nd amendment, dru stevenson, gun news, gun politics, guns, scotus, second amendment, smith and wesson, stephen gutowski, supreme court
Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Dru Stevenson discuss Supreme Court oral arguments in Mexico's liability suit against American gunmakers.
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Firearms Sales Falter in February; Trump Skips Guns in Congressional Speech
March 7th, 2025 | 48 mins 18 secs
2nd amendment, congress, donald trump, gun industry, gun news, gun politics, gun sales, guns, jake fogleman, second amendment, stephen gutowski
Host Jake Fogleman and Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski discuss the nine percent pullback in gun sale last month and Donald Trump's reluctance to talk about guns in major settings.
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Reason Magazine's J.D. Tuccille on Kash Patel Leading the ATF and FBI
March 3rd, 2025 | 44 mins 49 secs
2nd amendment, atf, fbi, gun news, gun politics, guns, jd tuccille, kash patel, second amendment, stephen gutowski
Host Stephen Gutowski and guest J.D. Tuccille discuss Kash Patel being appointed both the head of the FBI and the ATF.