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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    ATF Still Enforcing Zero Tolerance Policy; Court Strikes Federal Under-21 Handgun Ban

    January 31st, 2025  |  45 mins 44 secs
    2nd amendment, atf, donald trump, gun news, gun politics, guns, jake fogleman, second amendment, stephen gutowski

    Host Jake Fogleman and Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski discuss gun-rights advocates growing impatient with the ATF and the Trump Administration.

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    The Dispatch's Kevin Williamson on Trump's First Week, ATF Reform

    January 27th, 2025  |  1 hr 5 mins
    2nd amendment, atf, donald trump, gun news, gun policy, gun politics, guns, kevin williamson, second amendment, stephen gutowski

    Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Kevin Williamson talk about the lack of gun action in the early days of the Trump Administration and look at the big picture of the ATF.

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    Guns Largely Absent from Trump's First Week; Familiar Face Back Atop ATF

    January 24th, 2025  |  49 mins 47 secs
    2nd amendment, atf, donald trump, gun news, gun politics, guns, jake fogleman, marvin richardson, second amendment, stephen gutowski

    Host Jake Fogleman and Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski discuss gun policy moves, or the lack thereof, in the first week of the new Trump Administration.

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    The GOP's 2025 Gun Plans (Ft. Rep. Richard Hudson)

    January 20th, 2025  |  37 mins 2 secs
    2025, 2nd amendment, congress, donald trump, elon musk, gop, gun legislation, gun news, gun politics, guns, mike johnson, richard hudson, second amendment, stephen gutowski

    Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Congressman Richard Hudson discuss how the GOP plans to loosen gun restrictions under Donald Trump.

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    Bondi Hearing a Bad Sign for Gun-Rights Movement; SCOTUS Rejects 2A Cases

    January 17th, 2025  |  44 mins 55 secs
    2nd amendment, attorney general, donald trump, gun news, gun politics, guns, jake fogleman, pam bondi, second amendment, stephen gutowski, supreme court

    Host Jake Fogleman and Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski discuss Trump's AG confirmation hearing and the Supreme Court's latest gun actions.

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    NRA's Rocky Marshall on the Opportunity for a Fresh Start

    January 13th, 2025  |  42 mins 12 secs
    2nd amendment, bill brewer, gun news, gun politics, guns, letitia james, new york, nra, rocky marshall, second amendment, stephen gutowski

    Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Rocky Marshall discuss the end of the NRA's long legal ordeal.

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    Gun Sales Slumped in 2024; 5th Circuit Reaffirms Weed Smoker's Gun Rights

    January 10th, 2025  |  50 mins 47 secs
    2024, 2nd amendment, fifth circuit, gun news, gun politics, gun sales, guns, jake fogleman, marijuana, nra, second amendment, stephen gutowski, supreme court

    Host Jake Fogleman and Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski discuss the continued downturn in the gun market as well as the Fifth Circuit once again tossing gun charges against a Texas man who smoked weed.

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    The Charity Hoping to Talk Down Mass Shooters

    January 6th, 2025  |  44 mins 16 secs
    2nd amendment, gun news, gun politics, guns, jordan estrada, lets talk to them, mass shootings, second amendment, stephen gutowski

    Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Jordan Estrada discuss how Let's Talk to Them is working to prevent mass violence.

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    FBI Active Shooter Research Pioneer on Potential UnitedHealthcare CEO Killer Copycats

    December 23rd, 2024  |  48 mins 18 secs
    2nd amendment, active shooter, ceo killer, columbine, copycats, fbi, gun news, gun politics, guns, katherine schweit, second amendment, stephen gutowski

    Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Katherine Scwheit discuss the recent murder of the UnitedHealthcare CEO and how it might breed copycats.

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    Appeals Court Upholds Non-Violent Felon's Gun Ban; Trump Pollster Claims Strong 2A Support

    December 19th, 2024  |  45 mins 46 secs
    2nd amendment, donald trump, federal court, gun news, gun politics, gun poll, guns, jake fogleman, second amendment, stephen gutowski

    Host Jake Fogleman and Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski discuss a new ruling on the federal felon-in-possession gun ban and a new gun poll from Trump's internal pollster.

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    The Fallout of the CEO Killer's 3D-Printed Gun (Ft. Maker's Match Founder Rob Pincus)

    December 16th, 2024  |  44 mins 5 secs
    2nd amendment, 3d printed guns, ceo killer, gun news, gun politics, guns, rob pincus, second amendment, stephen gutowski

    Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Rob Pincus discuss what the CEO killer using a 3D-printed gun means for the homebuilt firearm community.

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    NRA Corruption Case Concludes; SCOTUS Rejects Hawaiian Gun Case

    December 13th, 2024  |  51 mins 30 secs
    2nd amendment, 3d printed gun, ceo killer, gun news, gun politics, guns, hawaii, jake fogleman, new york, nra, second amendment, silencer, stephen gutowski, supreme court

    Host Jake Foglman and Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski discuss the end of the NRA's civil suit and the Supreme Court declining to take up the "Spirit of Aloha" case.

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    What Should Trump do with the ATF? (Ft. GMU Professor Robert Leider)

    December 9th, 2024  |  40 mins 48 secs
    2nd amendment, atf, donald trump, gun news, gun politics, guns, robert leider, second amendment, stephen gutowski

    Host Stephen Gutowski and guest George Mason University Professor Robert Leider discuss what the latter thinks should become of the ATF under Donald Trump.

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    CEO Killer’s Gun Offers Clues; Biden Pardons Hunter's Gun Crimes

    December 6th, 2024  |  43 mins 59 secs
    2nd amendment, ceo killer, donald trump, gun news, gun politics, guns, jake fogleman, joe biden, mexico, nra, second amendment, smith and wesson, stephen gutowski, supreme court

    Host Jake Fogleman and Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski detail what the

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    We Answer Your Questions on Trump, SCOTUS, and More!

    December 2nd, 2024  |  58 mins 53 secs
    2nd amendment, ar-15, assault weapons, donald trump, gun news, gun politics, guns, jake fogleman, scotus, second amendment, stephen gutowski

    Host Stephen Gutowski and Reload Contributing Writer Jake Fogleman answer gun policy questions from members.

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    Semafor's Dave Weigel on What the Election Means for Guns

    November 25th, 2024  |  51 mins 52 secs
    2024 election, 2nd amendment, dave weigel, donald trump, gun news, gun politics, guns, kamala harris, second amendment, stephen gutowski

    Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Dave Weigel discuss the 2024 election and how it will impact gun policy.