The Weekly Reload Podcast

A podcast featuring The Reload's Stephen Gutowski

The Weekly Reload Podcast

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

  • Midterm Gun Money Race Turns Lopsided; Silencer Sales Soar

    October 8th, 2026  |  59 mins 48 secs
    2026 midterms, 2nd amendment, ad spending, doj, election, everytown, fundraising, giffords, gun news, gun politics, gun sales, guns, julie miller, midterms, nra, nssf, second amendment, silencers, stephen gutowski

    Host Julie Miller and Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski discuss the fundraising gap between gun-rights and gun-control groups.

  • Researching Women and Guns (Ft. Yale's Kerri Raissian & KU's Margaret Kelley)

    October 5th, 2026  |  1 hr 3 mins
    2nd amendment, female gun owners, gun news, gun ownership, gun politics, guns, kerri raissian, margaret kelley, second amendment, stephen gutowski, women and guns

    Host Stephen Gutowski and guests Kerri Raissian and Margaret Kelley discuss the rising prevalence of women in the gun world.

  • Connecticut's Glock Ban Gets Blocked; Gun Owners Join Flock Camera Backlash

    October 2nd, 2026  |  1 hr 8 mins
    2nd amendment, connecticuit, flock, flock cameras, glock ban, gun news, gun politics, guns, julie miller, new york times, second amendment, stephen gutowski

    Host Julie Miller and Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski discuss a new federal ruling blocking Connecticut's "Glock ban," new concerns over Flock cameras, and a critique of a recent New York Times piece on AR-15s.

  • High School Admits Gun Search Was Clearly Illegal (Ft. SAF's Bill Sack)

    September 28th, 2026  |  51 mins 8 secs
    2nd amendment, 4th amendment, bill sack, fourth amendment, gun news, gun politics, gun search, guns, saf, second amendment, second amendment foundation, stephen gutowski

    Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski and Second Amendment Foundation legal director Bill Sack discuss a new settlement in an illegal search case out of New Hampshire.

  • Ninth Circuit Finds Bruen Test 'Carve Out'; Poll Says Americans Split on SCOTUS AR-15 Case

    September 24th, 2026  |  48 mins 13 secs
    2nd amendment, ar-15, bruen, gun news, gun politics, guns, hawaii, ninth circuit, poll, scotus, second amendment, stephen gutowski, supreme court, viramontes

    Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski discusses a new en banc Ninth Circuit ruling upholding Hawaii's novel permit-to-purchase laws and a new poll on the Viramontes v. Cook County case.

  • Guntuber Subpoenaed By Gun-Control Group in Mass Shooting Liability Case (Ft. TFB TV's James Reeves)

    September 21st, 2026  |  1 hr 7 mins
    2nd amendment, everytown, gun news, gun politics, guns, highland park, james reeves, mass shooting, plcaa, second amendment, smith and wesson, stephen gutowski

    Host Stephen Gutowski and TFB TV's James Reeves discuss the latter being subpoenaed in a gun-control case against Smith and Wesson.

  • Maryland Synagogue Wins Injunction Against Gun-Carry Ban; DC Jumps Into NRA Foundation Fight

    September 18th, 2026  |  1 hr 4 mins
    2nd amendment, dc, gun free zones, gun news, gun politics, guns, julie miller, maryland, nra, nra foundation, second amendment, sensitive places, stephen gutowski

    Host Julie Miller and Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski discuss a new ruling on places-of-worship gun bans and the NRA's legal fight with its foundation.

  • Examining the Pro-Gun Briefs in the SCOTUS AR-15 Case (Ft. Bearing Arms' Cam Edwards)

    September 14th, 2026  |  56 mins 32 secs
    2nd amendment, ar-15, cam edwards, gun news, gun politics, guns, scotus, second amendment, stephen gutowski, supreme court, viramontes

    Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Cam Edwards cover some of the most interesting briefs in the Supreme Court's AR-15 case.

  • On the Ground in Ukraine's Gun-Rights Fight; The Third Circuit Revives New Jersey Gun Industry Suit

    September 11th, 2026  |  1 hr 5 mins
    2nd amendment, ar-15s, gun industry, gun news, gun politics, gun rights, guns, new jersey, nssf, second amendment, shiv parihar, stephen gutowski, supreme court, third circuit, ukraine

    Host Stephen Gutowski and Reload Reporter Shiv Parihar discuss the latter's reporting on gun rights in Kyiv.

  • Teaching a College Course on Guns in America (Ft. Wake Forest's David Yamane)

    September 7th, 2026  |  1 hr 2 mins
    2nd amendment, david yamane, gun news, gun politics, gun sociology, gun teaching, guns, second amendment, stephen gutowski

    Host Stephen Gutowski and guest David Yamane discuss the latter's class on gun sociology.

  • New Survey Gives Insight on Gun Ownership, Defensive Use; Ninth Circuit Upholds Gun Store Surveillance Law

    September 4th, 2026  |  1 hr 8 mins
    2nd amendment, ar-15s, california, defensive gun use, gun news, gun politics, gun poll, gun sales, gun survey, guns, hawaii, julie miller, national firearms survey, second amendment, stephen gutowski, william english

    Host Julie Miller and Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski examine a new survey on gun ownership and defensive use.

  • ATF Hacked in Russian Ransomware Attack (Ft. Cybernews' Stefanie Schappert)

    August 31st, 2026  |  1 hr 5 mins
    2nd amendment, atf, gun news, gun politics, guns, hack, hackers, second amendment, stefanie schappert, stephen gutowski

    Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Stefanie Schappert discuss the recent hack of the ATF.

  • CDC Restores Gun Defense Use Estimates; YouTuber JaredAF on Building Marksmanship

    August 28th, 2026  |  1 hr 20 mins
    2nd amendment, abdul el-sayed, cdc, defensive gun use, gun news, gun politics, guns, jaredaf, marksmanship, michigan, second amendment, stephen gutowski, under 21

    Host Julie Miller and Reload Founder discuss the Centers for Disease Control reversing course and reinstating defensive gun use estimates to its website.

  • Murder Hits All-Time Low (Ft. AH Datalytic's Jeff Asher)

    August 24th, 2026  |  37 mins 8 secs
    2nd amendment, fbi, gun crime, gun news, gun politics, guns, jeff asher, murder rate, second amendment, stephen gutowski

    Host Stephen Gutowski and AH Datalytic's Jeff Asher discuss America's plummeting crime rate.

  • Startup Says It's Developed 3D Printer Gun Part Filter; DOJ Rights Restoration Process Drops

    August 21st, 2026  |  1 hr 9 mins
    2nd amendment, 3d printed guns, 3d printers, fbi, gun murder, gun news, gun politics, guns, julie miller, murder rate, rights restoration, second amendment, stephen gutowski

    Host Julie Miller and Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski discuss an exclusive report on a new company claiming to have developed a filter that blocks gun parts on 3D printers.

  • How Far Does the Injunction Against the National Firearms Act Extend? (Ft. SAF's Kostas Moros)

    August 17th, 2026  |  59 mins 45 secs
    2nd amendment, gun news, gun politics, guns, kostas moros, national firearms act, nfa, sbrs, sbs, second amendment, silencers, stephen gutowski

    Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski and Second Amendment Foundation lawyer Kostas Moros discuss the details of the NFA injunction.