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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Gun Violence Archive's Mark Bryant on His Role in the CDC Gun Defense Drama
December 23rd, 2022 | 1 hr 15 mins
2nd amendment, cdc, gun defense use, gun news, gun politics, gun violence archive, guns, mark bryant, second amendment, self defense, stephen gutowski
Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Mark Bryant discuss the latter's role in the CDC's recent controversial decision to wipe gun defense use estimates from its website.
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Manhattan Institute's Robert VerBruggen on the CDC Caving to Gun-Control Advocates
December 19th, 2022 | 1 hr 13 mins
2nd amendment, biden, cdc, defensive gun use, durbin, gun news, gun politics, guns, robert verbruggen, second amendment, self-defense, stephen gutowski
Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Robert VerBruggen discuss the CDC's decision to scrub defensive gun use stats from its website after pressure from gun-control advocates.
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GOA's Sam Paredes on Blocking Oregon's New Gun-Control Law
December 12th, 2022 | 1 hr 4 mins
2nd amendment, goa, gun news, gun owners of america, gun politics, guns, measure 114, oregon, sam paredes, second amendment, stephen gutowski
Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Sam Paredes of GOA discuss the group's successful suit to block Oregon's new gun law.
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Georgia State University's Timothy Lytton on How Guns Will Impact the Senate Runoff
December 5th, 2022 | 54 mins 51 secs
2nd amendment, georgia, gun news, gun politics, guns, hershel walker, raphael warnock, runoff, second amendment, senate, stephen gutowski, tomothy lytton
Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Timothy Lytton examine what role gun politics will play in the upcoming Georgia Senate runoff.
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New York State Jewish Gun Club Founder Explains Their Suit Against the State's Synagogue Gun Ban
November 21st, 2022 | 57 mins 50 secs
2nd amendment, federal court, gun carry, gun law, gun news, gun politics, guns, new york, new york state jewish gun club, second amendment, stephen gutowski, tzvi waldman
Host Stephen Gutowski and Guest Tzvi Waldman discuss the New York State Jewish Gun Club's fight to legally carry guns in their places of worship for self-protection.
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Bearing Arms' Cam Edwards on the Election's Impact on Gun Politics
November 14th, 2022 | 1 hr 2 mins
2022 elections, 2nd amendment, cam edwards, gun news, gun politics, guns, midterm elections, second amendment, stephen gutowski
Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Cam Edwards interpret what the midterm elections will have on gun politics.
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Axios's Josh Kraushaar on Guns and the Midterms
November 7th, 2022 | 54 mins 4 secs
2022 midterms, 2nd amendment, gun news, gun politics, guns, josh kraushaar, second amendment, stephen gutowski
Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Josh Kraushaar preview guns and the 2022 midterm elections.
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Open Secrets' Anna Massoglia on How the Gun Groups are Spending in 2022
October 31st, 2022 | 1 hr 5 mins
2022 midterms, 2nd amendment, anna massoglia, everytown, gun news, gun politics, guns, michael bloomberg, nra, second amendment, spending, stephen gutowski, steve balmer
Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Anna Massoglia discuss how the big gun groups spend their money in election years.
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Looking Ahead at the Midterms With Bearing Arms' Cam Edwards
October 24th, 2022 | 1 hr 5 mins
2nd amendment, cam edwards, elections, gun news, gun politics, guns, midterms, second amendment, stephen gutowski
Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Cam Edwards discuss how guns will impact the midterm elections.
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The History of Individual Gun Rights With Lawyer Kostas Moros
October 17th, 2022 | 1 hr 22 mins
2nd amendment, bill of rights, gun news, gun politics, gun rights, guns, history, individual right, konstadinos moros, second amendment, stephen gutowski
Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Kostas Moros discuss what people in the 19th century thought of the Second Amendment.
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Manhattan Institute's Robert VerBruggen on the Murder Spike and Bad FBI Crime Data
October 10th, 2022 | 1 hr 18 mins
2nd amendment, cdc, crime data, fbi, gun news, gun politics, guns, homicide, murder, robert verbruggen, second amendment, stephen gutowski
Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Robert VerBruggen discuss the murder spike and whether it's connected to the gun sales spike.
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We Answer Your Gun Questions
October 3rd, 2022 | 1 hr 12 mins
2nd amendment, gun news, gun politics, guns, jake fogleman, q and a, second amendment, stephen gutowski
Host Stephen Gutowski and Contributing Writer Jake Fogleman answer questions on gun policy and policts from Reload Members.
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GMU Professor Robert Leider on a Federal Judge Striking Down the Felony Indictment Gun Ban
September 26th, 2022 | 1 hr 18 mins
2nd amendment, bruen, felons, gun bans, gun news, gun politics, guns, robert leider, second amendment, stephen gutowski, supreme court
Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Robert Leider talk about whether the federal felon gun ban will survive the Supreme Court's Bruen ruling.
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NSSF's Larry Keane on the Industry Reaction to New Credit Card Codes for Gun Stores
September 19th, 2022 | 1 hr 3 mins
2nd amendment, gun news, gun politics, gun sales, guns, jake fogleman, larry keane, mcc, merchant category code, nssf, second amendment, stephen gutowski
Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Larry Keane discuss how the gun industry plans to respond to the financial industry's decision to create a new credit card code against their wishes.
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Georgetown Professor on His Groundbreaking Survey of Gun Owners
September 12th, 2022 | 1 hr 4 mins
2nd amendment, ar-15, gun defense, gun news, gun politics, gun research, gun survey, guns, second amendment, stephen gutowski, willaim english
Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Professor William English talk about the largest-ever survey of gun owners and its finding that there are 1.6 million defensive gun uses per year.
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Gun Makers Match Organizer Rob Pincus Updates Us on the 'Ghost Gun' Kit Ban
September 5th, 2022 | 1 hr 13 mins
2nd amendment, ghost guns, gun news, gun politics, guns, joe biden, nra, rob pincus, second amendment, stephen gutowski, wayne lapierre
Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Rob Pincus talk about the fallout from the "ghost gun" kit ban and the NRA's internal turmoil.