web01.fireside.fm Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:02:40 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Weekly Reload Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Connecticut” https://thereload.fireside.fm/tags/connecticut Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:00:00 -0400 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. en-us episodic A podcast featuring The Reload's Stephen Gutowski Stephen Gutowski 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. no gun news, gun politics, firearms, policy, politics, culture, gun culture, gun ownership Stephen Gutowski gutowski@thereload.com Federal Judge Upholds Post Office Gun Ban; Another Tosses Maryland 'Red Flag' Challenge http://thereload.fireside.fm/federal-judge-upholds-post-office-gun-ban-another-tosses-maryland-red-flag-challenge 0997fba4-9d4c-4404-ab06-709f3dc19b90 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:00:00 -0400 Stephen Gutowski full Stephen Gutowski Host Jake Fogleman and Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski discuss a burgeoning circuit split after a federal judge upheld the post office gun ban this week. 56:27 no Contributing writer Jake Fogleman and I talk about a new federal court ruling out of Connecticut where a judge upheld the ban on bringing guns into a post office, splitting with recent rulings on the same law out of Texas and Florida in the process. We also discuss my upcoming range day with the National Journalism Center internship program and the dismissal of a federal lawsuit challenging Maryland's red flag law. Stories: -https://thereload.com/federal-judge-upholds-post-office-gun-ban-creating-circuit-split/ -https://thereload.com/federal-judge-upholds-maryland-red-flag-law/ -https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/court-upholds-federal-gun-ban-for-misdemeanor-domestic-violence -https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/03/25/federal-judge-upholds-multiple-gun-free-zones-in-texas-n1231991 guns, gun politics, second amendment, 2nd amendment, gun news, stephen gutowski, jake fogleman, post office, red flag laws, maryland, connecticut, federal judge, national journalism center, range day Contributing writer Jake Fogleman and I talk about a new federal court ruling out of Connecticut where a judge upheld the ban on bringing guns into a post office, splitting with recent rulings on the same law out of Texas and Florida in the process. We also discuss my upcoming range day with the National Journalism Center internship program and the dismissal of a federal lawsuit challenging Maryland's red flag law.

Stories:
-https://thereload.com/federal-judge-upholds-post-office-gun-ban-creating-circuit-split/
-https://thereload.com/federal-judge-upholds-maryland-red-flag-law/
-https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/court-upholds-federal-gun-ban-for-misdemeanor-domestic-violence
-https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/03/25/federal-judge-upholds-multiple-gun-free-zones-in-texas-n1231991

]]> Contributing writer Jake Fogleman and I talk about a new federal court ruling out of Connecticut where a judge upheld the ban on bringing guns into a post office, splitting with recent rulings on the same law out of Texas and Florida in the process. We also discuss my upcoming range day with the National Journalism Center internship program and the dismissal of a federal lawsuit challenging Maryland's red flag law.

Stories:
-https://thereload.com/federal-judge-upholds-post-office-gun-ban-creating-circuit-split/
-https://thereload.com/federal-judge-upholds-maryland-red-flag-law/
-https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/court-upholds-federal-gun-ban-for-misdemeanor-domestic-violence
-https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/03/25/federal-judge-upholds-multiple-gun-free-zones-in-texas-n1231991

]]> Gun-Control Advocates Turn Up the Heat on Ruger http://thereload.fireside.fm/gun-control-advocates-turn-up-the-heat-on-ruger 5954800b-ef11-4f2d-9752-ceeec69238de Fri, 14 Nov 2025 12:00:00 -0500 Stephen Gutowski full Stephen Gutowski Host Jake Fogleman and Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski discuss the legal threats one of America's top gunmakers is now facing. 52:14 no Contributing writer Jake Fogleman and I discuss the Connecticut Attorney General's new lawsuit threat against Ruger if the company doesn't agree to redesign its popular RXM pistol. We talk about how that demand came the same week that gun-control advocates were able to pierce the PLCAA in a separate lawsuit against the company that seeks to hold it responsible for the 2021 Boulder shooting. guns, gun politics, second amendment, 2nd amendment, gun news, stephen gutowski, jake fogleman, ruger, Connecticut, glock, grabagun, donald trump jr, gun sales, gun business Contributing writer Jake Fogleman and I discuss the Connecticut Attorney General's new lawsuit threat against Ruger if the company doesn't agree to redesign its popular RXM pistol. We talk about how that demand came the same week that gun-control advocates were able to pierce the PLCAA in a separate lawsuit against the company that seeks to hold it responsible for the 2021 Boulder shooting.

]]> Contributing writer Jake Fogleman and I discuss the Connecticut Attorney General's new lawsuit threat against Ruger if the company doesn't agree to redesign its popular RXM pistol. We talk about how that demand came the same week that gun-control advocates were able to pierce the PLCAA in a separate lawsuit against the company that seeks to hold it responsible for the 2021 Boulder shooting.

]]> The Man Behind Armed Civilian Patrols in Connecticut's Capital City Speaks Out http://thereload.fireside.fm/the-man-behind-armed-civilian-patrols-in-connecticut-s-capital-city-speaks-out f1cf2030-cd37-4e54-b999-5ee6c8891a93 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 05:00:00 -0400 Stephen Gutowski full Stephen Gutowski Host Stephen Gutowski interviews guest Cornell Lewis about his efforts organizing armed civilian patrols in Hartford, Connecticut. 1:31:24 no Crime is a significant problem in Hartford, Connecticut, and some residents don't think local politicians and law enforcement are doing enough to combat it. Some of those residents have now decided to do organized armed patrols in Hartford's more dangerous neighborhoods. Cornell Lewis is one of the people doing that organizing. He runs a group called the Self-Defense Brigade, and he joined the show this week to explain his group's tactics and motivations. Lewis said he and the other volunteers who've been patrolling streets are fed up with the violence that has been carried out there. He said they want to show anyone considering committing violent crime that the community is capable of and willing to push back. The group gained local attention for its patrols last year but has gotten much more attention after it decided to step up efforts in the wake of a double homicide in the city last month. Not everyone has welcomed the group's efforts, though. Some local law enforcement, politicians, and community groups have said armed civilian patrols will only cause more problems for Hartford. Lewis responded to those critiques by saying the Self-Defense Brigade has no intention of being a vigilante group and is merely trying to train the community in lawful defensive techniques. Lewis said the group's methods have been effective, there have been no violent incidents associated with their marches, and none of the volunteers have been arrested or done anything illegal. Plus, Contributing Writer Jake Fogleman and I discuss a federal appeals court upholding Rhode Island's magazine ban. And we have a Reload Member on to discuss his experience as a recent convert to gun ownership in Washington, D.C. Special Guest: Cornell Lewis. guns, gun politics, second amendment, 2nd amendment, gun news, stephen gutowski, cornell lewis, Connecticut, hartford, armed patrol, self defense brigade, rhode island, magazine ban Crime is a significant problem in Hartford, Connecticut, and some residents don't think local politicians and law enforcement are doing enough to combat it.

Some of those residents have now decided to do organized armed patrols in Hartford's more dangerous neighborhoods. Cornell Lewis is one of the people doing that organizing. He runs a group called the Self-Defense Brigade, and he joined the show this week to explain his group's tactics and motivations.

Lewis said he and the other volunteers who've been patrolling streets are fed up with the violence that has been carried out there. He said they want to show anyone considering committing violent crime that the community is capable of and willing to push back. The group gained local attention for its patrols last year but has gotten much more attention after it decided to step up efforts in the wake of a double homicide in the city last month.

Not everyone has welcomed the group's efforts, though. Some local law enforcement, politicians, and community groups have said armed civilian patrols will only cause more problems for Hartford. Lewis responded to those critiques by saying the Self-Defense Brigade has no intention of being a vigilante group and is merely trying to train the community in lawful defensive techniques.

Lewis said the group's methods have been effective, there have been no violent incidents associated with their marches, and none of the volunteers have been arrested or done anything illegal.

Plus, Contributing Writer Jake Fogleman and I discuss a federal appeals court upholding Rhode Island's magazine ban. And we have a Reload Member on to discuss his experience as a recent convert to gun ownership in Washington, D.C.

Special Guest: Cornell Lewis.

]]> Crime is a significant problem in Hartford, Connecticut, and some residents don't think local politicians and law enforcement are doing enough to combat it.

Some of those residents have now decided to do organized armed patrols in Hartford's more dangerous neighborhoods. Cornell Lewis is one of the people doing that organizing. He runs a group called the Self-Defense Brigade, and he joined the show this week to explain his group's tactics and motivations.

Lewis said he and the other volunteers who've been patrolling streets are fed up with the violence that has been carried out there. He said they want to show anyone considering committing violent crime that the community is capable of and willing to push back. The group gained local attention for its patrols last year but has gotten much more attention after it decided to step up efforts in the wake of a double homicide in the city last month.

Not everyone has welcomed the group's efforts, though. Some local law enforcement, politicians, and community groups have said armed civilian patrols will only cause more problems for Hartford. Lewis responded to those critiques by saying the Self-Defense Brigade has no intention of being a vigilante group and is merely trying to train the community in lawful defensive techniques.

Lewis said the group's methods have been effective, there have been no violent incidents associated with their marches, and none of the volunteers have been arrested or done anything illegal.

Plus, Contributing Writer Jake Fogleman and I discuss a federal appeals court upholding Rhode Island's magazine ban. And we have a Reload Member on to discuss his experience as a recent convert to gun ownership in Washington, D.C.

Special Guest: Cornell Lewis.

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