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

September 4th, 2026

Reload 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 survey reveals women and minorities increasingly own guns and estimates how many of those guns are AR-15s. We also cover the Ninth Circuit upholding a California gun store surveillence requirement, and a federal judge upholding Hawaii's under-21 gun ban.

Links:
https://thereload.com/survey-more-women-and-minorities-own-guns-than-ever-40-million-ar-15s-now-in-american-hands/
https://thereload.com/analysis-how-defense-gun-uses-stack-up-in-the-latest-major-survey-member-exclusive/
https://thereload.com/federal-judge-upholds-hawaiis-under-21-gun-ban/
https://thereload.com/ninth-circuit-upholds-state-surveillance-mandate-at-california-gun-stores/
https://apnews.com/article/justice-department-pardons-mel-gibson-c82d73651d7f7ea519ff0856db168bc4
https://cybernews.com/cybercrime/atf-qilin-ransomware-cyberattack-data-leak-investigations/

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