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    <title>The Weekly Reload Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Wolford V Lopez”</title>
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    <description>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.
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  <title>Gun-Rights Lawyer Details His SCOTUS Oral Arguments in Hawaii Vampire Rule Case</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski and gun-rights lawyer Alan Beck discuss the latter's experience in oral arguments against Hawaii's 'Vampire Rule' at the Supreme Court.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>This week, we're taking a deep dive into the Supreme Court oral arguments in Wolford v. Lopez.
To do that, we have one of the people who was directly involved: Wolford's lawyer, Alan Beck. He joined the show to give us a preview of the case before oral arguments. Now, he's back to give us a rundown of how everything went from his perspective.
Beck said being in the room was an entirely different experience from listening to arguments online or reading a transcript. He said the justices were more expressive than many of the other federal judges he's argued in front of before, and it gave him extra insight into how arguments were going. He noted that at different points some of them even became visibly exasperated with some of what his opponent was saying, especially during the portion where they discussed a Black Code as evidence for Hawaii's modern gun-carry restriction.
Beck said he believes a majority of the justices favored his position. He said Justice Amy Coney Barrett appeared skeptical of his view about Second Amendment rights on private property, but he believes she came to understand his position after a long back-and-forth. Meanwhile, he said he thought his argument about the incompatibility of Hawaii's restrictions with American history won over a lot of the justices, perhaps even Justice Elana Kagan. Special Guest: Alan Beck.
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    <![CDATA[<p>This week, we&#39;re taking a deep dive into the Supreme Court oral arguments in Wolford v. Lopez.</p>

<p>To do that, we have one of the people who was directly involved: Wolford&#39;s lawyer, Alan Beck. He joined the show to give us a preview of the case before oral arguments. Now, he&#39;s back to give us a rundown of how everything went from his perspective.</p>

<p>Beck said being in the room was an entirely different experience from listening to arguments online or reading a transcript. He said the justices were more expressive than many of the other federal judges he&#39;s argued in front of before, and it gave him extra insight into how arguments were going. He noted that at different points some of them even became visibly exasperated with some of what his opponent was saying, especially during the portion where they discussed a Black Code as evidence for Hawaii&#39;s modern gun-carry restriction.</p>

<p>Beck said he believes a majority of the justices favored his position. He said Justice Amy Coney Barrett appeared skeptical of his view about Second Amendment rights on private property, but he believes she came to understand his position after a long back-and-forth. Meanwhile, he said he thought his argument about the incompatibility of Hawaii&#39;s restrictions with American history won over a lot of the justices, perhaps even Justice Elana Kagan.</p><p>Special Guest: Alan Beck.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>This week, we&#39;re taking a deep dive into the Supreme Court oral arguments in Wolford v. Lopez.</p>

<p>To do that, we have one of the people who was directly involved: Wolford&#39;s lawyer, Alan Beck. He joined the show to give us a preview of the case before oral arguments. Now, he&#39;s back to give us a rundown of how everything went from his perspective.</p>

<p>Beck said being in the room was an entirely different experience from listening to arguments online or reading a transcript. He said the justices were more expressive than many of the other federal judges he&#39;s argued in front of before, and it gave him extra insight into how arguments were going. He noted that at different points some of them even became visibly exasperated with some of what his opponent was saying, especially during the portion where they discussed a Black Code as evidence for Hawaii&#39;s modern gun-carry restriction.</p>

<p>Beck said he believes a majority of the justices favored his position. He said Justice Amy Coney Barrett appeared skeptical of his view about Second Amendment rights on private property, but he believes she came to understand his position after a long back-and-forth. Meanwhile, he said he thought his argument about the incompatibility of Hawaii&#39;s restrictions with American history won over a lot of the justices, perhaps even Justice Elana Kagan.</p><p>Special Guest: Alan Beck.</p>]]>
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  <title>The Lawyer Arguing New SCOTUS Gun-Carry Case Explains His Strategy</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
  <author>Stephen Gutowski</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Host Stephen Gutowski and Alan Beck discuss the latter's approach to arguing his case against Hawaii's gun-carry restrictions at the Supreme Court.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>The Supreme Court has taken a record number of Second Amendment cases this term.
Sure, that number is only two. But that's still a major development for a Court that's taken fewer than ten Second Amendment cases in its entire history. One of those chosen few cases is now Wolford v. Lopez, a challenge to Hawaii requiring licensed gun carriers to get explicit permission before entering publicly accessible private property--including stores or restaurants.
Alan Beck is the gun-rights lawyer behind that suit. He'll be arguing it at the Supreme Court. And he's the guest on this week's show.
Beck explains how Hawaii's law swaps the default presumption from one where gun carriers are generally allowed to carry into one where they aren't. He claimed the change has made it nearly impossible to legally carry in public. He then outlined his plan for convincing the justices that the law is out of line with the historical tradition of gun regulation in America, as the Court's current Second Amendment test requires. Special Guest: Alan Beck.
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    <![CDATA[<p>The Supreme Court has taken a record number of Second Amendment cases this term.</p>

<p>Sure, that number is only two. But that&#39;s still a major development for a Court that&#39;s taken fewer than ten Second Amendment cases in its entire history. One of those chosen few cases is now Wolford v. Lopez, a challenge to Hawaii requiring licensed gun carriers to get explicit permission before entering publicly accessible private property--including stores or restaurants.</p>

<p>Alan Beck is the gun-rights lawyer behind that suit. He&#39;ll be arguing it at the Supreme Court. And he&#39;s the guest on this week&#39;s show.</p>

<p>Beck explains how Hawaii&#39;s law swaps the default presumption from one where gun carriers are generally allowed to carry into one where they aren&#39;t. He claimed the change has made it nearly impossible to legally carry in public. He then outlined his plan for convincing the justices that the law is out of line with the historical tradition of gun regulation in America, as the Court&#39;s current Second Amendment test requires.</p><p>Special Guest: Alan Beck.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>The Supreme Court has taken a record number of Second Amendment cases this term.</p>

<p>Sure, that number is only two. But that&#39;s still a major development for a Court that&#39;s taken fewer than ten Second Amendment cases in its entire history. One of those chosen few cases is now Wolford v. Lopez, a challenge to Hawaii requiring licensed gun carriers to get explicit permission before entering publicly accessible private property--including stores or restaurants.</p>

<p>Alan Beck is the gun-rights lawyer behind that suit. He&#39;ll be arguing it at the Supreme Court. And he&#39;s the guest on this week&#39;s show.</p>

<p>Beck explains how Hawaii&#39;s law swaps the default presumption from one where gun carriers are generally allowed to carry into one where they aren&#39;t. He claimed the change has made it nearly impossible to legally carry in public. He then outlined his plan for convincing the justices that the law is out of line with the historical tradition of gun regulation in America, as the Court&#39;s current Second Amendment test requires.</p><p>Special Guest: Alan Beck.</p>]]>
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  <title>Second Amendment Scholars Weigh in on SCOTUS' New Gun-Carry Case</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Host Jake Fogleman and Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski reflect on what legal scholars say the Supreme Court might do in its latest Second Amendment case.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>Contributing writer Jake Fogleman and I break down the lack of consensus among prominent Second Amendment scholars on why the Supreme Court decided to take up its latest gun carry case and how it is likely to rule on the question. We also discuss their thoughts on why the Court chose not to weigh in on the correct historical era for conducting its text, history, and tradition test.  
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    <![CDATA[<p>Contributing writer Jake Fogleman and I break down the lack of consensus among prominent Second Amendment scholars on why the Supreme Court decided to take up its latest gun carry case and how it is likely to rule on the question. We also discuss their thoughts on why the Court chose not to weigh in on the correct historical era for conducting its text, history, and tradition test. </p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Contributing writer Jake Fogleman and I break down the lack of consensus among prominent Second Amendment scholars on why the Supreme Court decided to take up its latest gun carry case and how it is likely to rule on the question. We also discuss their thoughts on why the Court chose not to weigh in on the correct historical era for conducting its text, history, and tradition test. </p>]]>
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