A federal appeals court reversed a Texas man’s conviction for possessing a firearm while he was subject to a domestic violence restraining order.| The Reload
Those charged with a felony by a grand jury may not be deprived of their Second Amendment rights before conviction, a federal judge has ruled.| The Reload
As marijuana restrictions loosen around the country, users of the drug are still prohibited from owning guns.| The Reload
President Joe Biden’s son can no longer own guns.| The Reload
The Senate released the finalized text of its gun deal on Tuesday, adding new kinds of gun prohibitions to federal law.| The Reload
A unanimous three-judge panel on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals just reissued its opinion upholding a possession of an unregistered suppressor charge against a Louisiana man.| The Reload
Plus, William and Mary law professor Jonathan Adler joins the podcast to explain why the pace of federal judge appointments has been so slow in Trump's second term.| The Reload
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) won't reveal how many of its gun arrests are related to possession rather than violent crime.| The Reload
AR-15s and magazines capable of holding more than ten rounds are “unusually dangerous.” So, the government can ban their sale.| The Reload
Members of one of the Air Force's largest sections are back to carrying the M18 handgun.| The Reload
The Department of Justice just provided new insights into where it believes the Second Amendment's outer limits lie.| The Reload
Plus, Contributing Writer Jake Fogleman and I look at the growing discontent among gun-rights groups with President Trump's DC takeover tactics.| The Reload
Plus, William and Mary law professor Jonathan Adler joins the podcast to explain the dearth of judicial appointments since Donald Trump's election.| The Reload
Gun-rights activists are upset with some of the stories coming out of the nation's capital during the federal takeover of local policing.| The Reload
Thanks to an unusual judicial maneuver, gun-rights advocates will soon have their best shot yet at securing the ever-elusive “assault weapon” ban circuit split they’ve been longing for.| The Reload
The country’s largest gun rights group continues to fall behind its ideological opponents in political fundraising in 2024, new federal records show.| The Reload
Americans have been less motivated to visit their local gun shops through the first three months of the year, according to a new industry report.| The Reload
Gun sales are slumping across the country, but one state is bucking that trend: Colorado.| The Reload
It will soon be $200 cheaper to buy silencers, short-barrel shotguns and rifles, and some other guns.| The Reload
American manufacturers dominate the gun industry, but that doesn’t mean it won’t feel the impact of President Donald Trump’s new tariffs.| The Reload
Gun sales are declining, and there’s reason to think the trend could get worse.| The Reload
A significant contingent of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) agents is currently patrolling the streets of the nation’s capital.| The Reload
Plus, gun-rights lawyer Matt Larosiere joins the podcast to review the details of the two big NFA lawsuits.| The Reload
Roughly four months after restoring the gun rights of a handful of former convicts, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has released a concrete road map for how it wants to expand the revived program to millions more people.| The Reload
Gun-sales-related background checks slid more than eight percent year-over-year in July, landing below a million for the first time in half a decade.| The Reload
Gun sales just dropped below a key metric for the first time in years.| The Reload
The Supreme Court of Minnesota ruled on Wednesday that homemade guns do not fall under the state’s serial number requirement.| The Reload
For the first time since 2015, President Donald Trump won’t be speaking at the National Rifle Association’s Annual Meeting.| The Reload
American gun makers are not liable for cartel violence carried out with their products in Mexico.| The Reload
Plus, Contributing Writer Jake Fogleman and I unpack the political implications of the Senate Parliamentarian’s latest ruling on Republicans’ attempt to deregulate suppressors and short-barreled firearms.| The Reload
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals just decided whether the Second Amendment protects silencers. It didn’t go the way gun-rights advocates hoped.| The Reload
Gun owners in the Constitution State will soon be forced to contend with a bevy of constitutionally-questionable new restrictions.| The Reload
The ability to openly carry a firearm for self-defense is a “privilege,” not a right, a federal judge has ruled.| The Reload
Lawmakers in the Centennial State have officially added to their decade-long gun-control push with a fresh crop of new restrictions. Gun-rights advocates in the state aren’t taking it lying down.| The Reload
Legislators just failed to advance a proposed ban on the sale and transfer of so-called assault weapons in increasingly blue Colorado.| The Reload
Plus, Active Self Protection’s John Correia joins the podcast to explain why his company barred the P320 from their training courses.| The Reload
One of the world’s most popular gun makers is firing back at critics after an escalating series of negative stories surrounding its best-selling pistol.| The Reload
Two of the dozens of plaintiffs currently trying have managed to secure millions in damages over claims that the Sig Sauer P320 can fire on its own. They have a core claim in common.| The Reload
Crime data analyst Jeff Asher joins the podcast to update us on some good news: the murder rate is sliding toward all-time lows.| The Reload
Another Federal District Court struck down California’s ban on issuing concealed carry permits to non-residents.| The Reload
The National Rifle Association (NRA) is calling on its members to lobby for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to revise its proposed gun-rights restoration process.| The Reload
A New York state court has greenlit a liability case against a company whose magazine lock the Buffalo shooter disabled before carrying out his attack.| The Reload
The Department of Justice (DOJ) primed a challenge to silencer bans in a recent court filing, and now a coalition of gun-rights groups is trying to take advantage.| The Reload
Plus, Reload reporter Ben Owen and I discuss the new Department of Justice gun-rights restoration rule.| The Reload
A judge has denied a Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department attempt to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of its concealed carry permitting process and the lengthy delays it has caused.| The Reload
The Reload is a publication dedicated to hard news reporting on firearms policy and politics in America.| The Reload
Former president Donald Trump (R.) spoke to the NRA in Indianapolis, Indiana on Friday, four years after the group’s last gathering down the road from the country’s most famous speedway. Both have suffered significant setbacks since the 2019 Annual Meeting, but both appear to be–at least momentarily–resurgent at this year’s event.| The Reload
Florida banks can’t deny services to gun owners or companies under a new law signed by Governor Ron DeSantis (R.) this week.| The Reload
A majority of states no longer require law-abiding residents to obtain a permit to carry a concealed firearm.| The Reload
The bump stock ban is too ambiguous to stand, according to a new court order.| The Reload
Democratic lawmakers are set to try once more to get a new federal gun ban on President Joe Biden’s desk.| The Reload
The Second Amendment does not protect the ability of 18-to-20-year-olds to purchase firearms, according to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.| The Reload
The law barring drug users from owning guns is constitutional, according to a new federal court ruling.| The Reload
The terms President Joe Biden’s son would have to accept in order to finalize his deal with federal prosecutors over a felony gun charge were revealed on Wednesday.| The Reload
The first new federal gun restrictions in decades became law on Saturday.| The Reload
Gun-rights advocates are already drafting a lawsuit against Oregon’s new gun-control initiative.| The Reload
Plus, Contributing Writer Jake Fogleman and I unpack federal lobbying data from the first quarter of 2025.| The Reload
The Centennial State won praise from gun-control advocates over its busy year of enacting new firearms restrictions.| The Reload
Colorado has again expanded its gun regulations, but how effective has the decade-long push for more restrictions been?| The Reload
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s aggressive push for new pro-gun laws has set him up with an opportunity to outflank former president Donald Trump in the Republican presidential primary.| The Reload
Federal Democratic lawmakers are back with their latest attempt at a ban on certain semi-automatic firearms and magazines. This time they’re taking a novel approach.| The Reload
The nation’s highest court has agreed to hear another Second Amendment case just a year after it handed down a landmark decision that forged a new test for the constitutionality of gun laws.| The Reload
The Second Amendment doesn’t protect the right of 18-to-20-year-olds in Florida to buy a gun, according to a new federal appeals court ruling.| The Reload
It will soon be much harder for Colorado gun owners to continue purchasing modern semi-automatic firearms.| The Reload
There’s now a genuine possibility the President’s son could be one of the country’s next big Second Amendment plaintiffs. Moreover, he stands a solid chance of winning.| The Reload
Being an unlawful user of a controlled substance does not remove a person’s Second Amendment rights, a federal trial court ruled last Friday.| The Reload
Gun sales in Oregon will be allowed to continue as usual for at least another month, but the state’s ammo magazine ban will take effect on schedule.| The Reload
Colorado Democrats’ first-of-its-kind semi-automatic firearm ban advanced after a marathon session in its first floor debate, but not before being fundamentally altered.| The Reload
Requiring a permit for the exercise of Second Amendment rights within the home is unconstitutional.| The Reload
Outside of the President himself, few roles in the incoming Trump administration will wield more potential influence on federal gun policy than the Attorney General. His latest pick has a complex history on the issue.| The Reload
Gun policy did not factor into the new President’s immediate priorities.| The Reload
Anytime a politician begins a sentence with “I am an advocate for the Second Amendment, but…” gun-rights advocates tend to turn a skeptical eye in their direction.| The Reload
Smoking pot occasionally doesn’t negate an American’s Second Amendment rights, a federal appeals court has ruled.| The Reload
Given a second bite at the apple, the Third Circuit has once again ruled that a Pennsylvania man can own firearms despite his felony-level conviction.| The Reload
President-elect Donald Trump’s Attorney General nominee defended her record on gun policy during her confirmation hearing.| The Reload
Unchastened by two recent failed attempts, Colorado lawmakers are back with another effort to prohibit AR-15s and other semi-automatic firearms. There’s reason to think the third time could be the charm.| The Reload
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled today that people determined by a court to be dangerous can be disarmed–at least temporarily.| The Reload
The Department of Justice (DOJ) wants the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to take up two new gun cases.| The Reload
The federal government can not bar a Pennsylvania man from owning guns for life over his food stamp fraud conviction.| The Reload
Delaware’s “assault weapons” ban and magazine capacity limit can remain in place, according to a ruling handed down on Monday.| The Reload
A prominent member of the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) Board of Directors shamed Wayne LaPierre and the group’s current president in a letter sent this week.| The Reload
The National Rifle Association shrank significantly through the first eight months of 2021, according to detailed financial records obtained by The Reload.| The Reload
Manhattan, New York — The National Rifle Association’s General Counsel testified on Tuesday he was hired without previous practice in the role and was left out of key decision-making.| The Reload
Fresh off its victory in Rahimi, the Department of Justice (DOJ) is asking the Supreme Court to clarify who it can disarm under the Second Amendment.| The Reload
A federal appeals court last week dealt gun-rights advocates another blow in a lawsuit over a state arms ban.| The Reload
The Second Amendment protects the right to carry a firearm for self-defense while taking public transit, a federal judge has ruled.| The Reload
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania — Former President Donald Trump made a series of gun policy promises in a speech to NRA members that ranged from raucous to repetitious.| The Reload
President Biden will soon hand gun-control activists another win.| The Reload
Manhattan, New York — The National Rifle Association failed to safeguard its donor’s funds while Wayne LaPierre diverted millions toward lavish personal expenses.| The Reload
With Kamala Harris’ place at the top of the Democratic ticket this November all but guaranteed, attention has now turned to who she plans to tap as the party’s vice-presidential nominee.| The Reload
In her first campaign address since President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race, Vice President Kamala Harris emphasized her support for new gun restrictions.| The Reload
In under a week, Kamala Harris has all but completed her swap to the top of the Democratic ticket. But will she bring her more stringent views on gun control along with her?| The Reload
A key player in the internal fight for control over the NRA wants the judge in the group’s New York civil corruption case to let him make his case separate from the organization and the Attorney General.| The Reload
In its first official platform since 2016, the Grand Old Party (GOP) slashed all mention of its gun policy positions.| The Reload
The Supreme Court has found the bump stock ban is unlawful.| The Reload
A jury convicted former president and current Republican nominee Donald J. Trump of 34 felonies on Thursday, which will bar him from possessing firearms.| The Reload
Dallas, Texas — “The gun owners don’t vote. It’s so crazy. I would think that they would vote more than any other group of people and it’s just the opposite. They don’t vote.”| The Reload
