The Reload

16/06/2023

Texas Blocks Gun Retail Tracking Codes

Republican efforts to prevent the use of a financial tracking code for firearm retailers have expanded.

12/08/2022

Lola Fitzgerald wants to grow up to be like six-time Olympian Kim Rhode. She has a long way to go, but is off to a great start racking up many championships of her own. Now a new California law is throwing a wrench into the 16-year-old's plans.

https://thereload.com/the-california-gun-law-dashing-young-female-champions-olympic-dream/

16-year-old Lola Fitzgerald wants to go for the gold, but California is making that all but impossible.

27/04/2022

The legal challenges against San Jose’s novel gun-control ordinance are starting to pile up.

https://thereload.com/gun-rights-group-files-suit-against-san-jose-gun-ownership-tax/

The legal challenges against San Jose’s novel gun control ordinance are starting to pile up.

27/04/2022

Alec Baldwin appears to have depressed the trigger on his gun in the lead up to the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

https://thereload.com/analysis-video-shows-alec-baldwins-finger-on-revolver-trigger-during-rust-rehearsals/

Alec Baldwin appears to have depressed the trigger on his gun in the lead up to the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

22/04/2022

The largest group of Black gun owners in America accused the Biden Administration of prioritizing gun control over diversity on Thursday.

https://thereload.com/black-gun-rights-group-slams-atf-director-demotion-questions-racial-motivations-of-biden-nominations/

The largest group of Black gun owners in America accused the Biden Administration of prioritizing gun control over diversity on Thursday.

22/04/2022

The ATF is undergoing a major shakeup.

https://thereload.com/exclusive-atf-director-demoted-new-acting-director-incoming/

The ATF is undergoing a major shakeup.

16/11/2021

Reload founder Stephen Gutowski joined Stu Burguiere on Monday to discuss the latest in the Kyle Rittenhouse case. Watch the clip below:

11/11/2021

“It’s unconscionable that this has happened. Who knows how far it went, what they have, and what they could still sell?”

https://thereload.com/nra-bank-account-information-staff-social-security-numbers-leaked-by-russian-hackers/

Thieves have exposed sensitive personal and financial information in the latest round of NRA internal document dumps.

01/10/2021

David Chipman has now confirmed key details of The Reload’s reporting.

https://thereload.com/failed-biden-atf-nominee-confirms-he-accused-black-agent-of-overperforming-on-test-denies-race-played-a-role/

President Joe Biden’s ATF director nominee corroborated more details about cheating allegations he made against an ATF agent during his time with the agency.

22/09/2021

National Rifle Association members and directors will have another opportunity to provide input on the group’s direction in just over a week.

19/09/2021

This week's members' newsletter is out. Check it out to see all of our member-exclusive content, and get a sneak peek at the latest podcast featuring National Review’s Jim Geraghty!

Plus, National Review’s Jim Geraghty talks about President Biden’s failed ATF nomination and the crisis at the NRA.

13/09/2021

“We are encouraged by the sustained interest in lawful and responsible gun ownership as well as by the manufacturing base which has been challenged to meet this remarkable demand,” Joe Bartozzi, NSSF President and CEO, said in a statement.

https://thereload.com/industry-survey-finds-millions-more-first-time-gun-buyers-in-2021/

Millions of Americans have already become new gun owners this year, according to a new survey.

09/09/2021

President Biden pulled his ATF director today. The news comes just a few weeks after exclusive reporting by The Reload uncovered serious accusations of racism against the nominee from other former agents.

David Chipman will not be the director of the ATF.

09/09/2021

Heller Takes DC Back to Court Over ‘Ghost-Gun’ Ban

https://thereload.com/heller-takes-dc-back-to-court-over-ghost-gun-ban/

The man behind the most consequential gun-rights case in American history is back in court.

08/09/2021

“We want to clear our name and punish the other side for what they did to us,” Van Cleave told The Reload. “They flat out said that we were a ‘domestic terror’ group as if that was a statement of fact. They said we are which is very different from somebody saying, ‘well, they act like’ or ‘they seem like.'”

https://thereload.com/gun-rights-group-sues-gun-control-group-for-defamation-over-domestic-terror-label/

A new legal shootout is taking shape in the state of Virginia.

04/09/2021

“I think it has a very real impact on their finances specifically because the NRA annual meeting is the largest fundraising event of the year for this group,” Gutowski said.

https://thereload.com/gutowski-on-npr-canceled-nra-annual-meeting-has-a-very-real-impact/

I think it has a very real impact on their finances specifically because the NRA annual meeting is the largest fundraising event of the year for this group," Gutowski said. "It usually features over…

03/09/2021

Contributing writer Jake Fogelman takes a look at the origins of North Carolina's pistol-purchase permit and how race played into its creation and continuing existence.

https://thereload.com/analysis-how-racist-is-north-carolinas-pistol-purchase-permit-member-exclusive/

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper (D.) vetoed his state’s bill to repeal pistol-purchase permit requirements without deigning to address critiques of racism associated with the current system. But what is the history of the permit requirement?

02/09/2021

Americans bought more than 1.3 million guns in August.

21/08/2021

Americans, already facing an ammo shortage, will soon no longer be able to purchase Russian-made ammunition.

https://thereload.com/biden-bans-russian-ammo-amid-continuing-shortage/

Americans, already facing an ammo shortage, will soon no longer be able to purchase Russian-made ammunition.

06/08/2021

A lot has happened with President Joe Biden’s ATF director nomination these last two weeks.

His pick, David Chipman, faced a torrent of new negative stories. First, The Reload published a report corroborating the existence of allegations he made racist remarks while at the agency. Then, a group of retired agents came out against his nomination over concerns about his temperament and gun-control advocacy. And another report found he did not disclose an appearance on Chinese state media to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

So, where do things stand now?

A lot has happened with President Joe Biden's ATF director nomination these last two weeks.

03/08/2021

Dick Durbin rejected his Republican colleagues' unanimous request for a new hearing to investigate accusations Chipman had a complaint filed against him over racist remarks during his ATF work. Durbin called the allegations “baseless” and attacked The Reload for publishing accounts of ATF agents discussing it, accusing it of being an “extreme anti-gun safety website."

President Joe Biden’s ATF nominee will not face further scrutiny from the Senate despite newly-corroborated claims he made racist remarks during his time at the agency.

02/08/2021

Every single Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee signed a letter demanding a new hearing on Biden's director nominee David Chipman, citing The Reload‘s reporting. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called on Biden to withdraw Chipman, even saying so from the Senate floor.

The White House and Senate Democrats have been silent on the accusations against Chipman, but some of their allies in the gun-control movement spoke went on the attack...

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29/07/2021

Every Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee called for a new hearing on Chipman to further investigate the report and access the complaints made against him.

In a letter to Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin (D., Ill.) obtained by The Reload, the Republicans demanded the release of the complaints and a committee investigation into how Chipman came to work in the Detroit office well as the circumstance surrounding his departure.

Senate Republicans pushed back hard on ATF nominee David Chipman after agents raised questions about him in a report by The Reload and corroborated the existence of a complaint he made racist remarks while working for the agency.

28/07/2021

Agents who have decades of experience at ATF told The Reload they heard the accusation that Chipman denigrated black ATF agents up for promotion.

Multiple ATF sources back up the existence of a complaint alleging ATF director nominee David Chipman made racist comments during his previous stint at the agency.

27/07/2021

James Alan Fox has spent years documenting shootings where four or more people are killed, and he’s also done research to better understand how and why mass shootings happen. Our conversation on what to do about them was illuminating.

Northeastern University's James Alan Fox joined the show this week to talk about his decades-long research on mass shootings. Working with USA Today and the Associated Press, he has spent years…

23/07/2021

Halloween in June: Ghost Gunners Gather in Florida for First Competition

Polylactic acid (PLA) plastic starts to melt at about 260 degrees Fahrenheit. When dozens of garage gunsmiths gathered in St. Augustine at the end of June, the humidity made the Florida heat feel as though it may actually reach that point and ruin the first-ever Gun Makers Match.

22/07/2021

The Supreme Court’s Heller decision has led to a wave of laws being tossed as incompatible with the Second Amendment but, perhaps, not the ones people expect. [Member exclusive]

The Supreme Court’s 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller decision has led to a wave of laws being tossed as incompatible with the Second Amendment but, perhaps, not the ones people expect.

20/07/2021

It was the racist idea that the Constitution did not protect the rights of black Americans that undergirded “good reason” requirements, the National African American Gun Association argues.

The New York gun-carry law facing a Supreme Court challenge has racist roots, a leading black gun-owner group says.

13/07/2021

“Our nation’s most cherished constitutional rights vest no later than 18,” Judge Julius N. Richardson wrote for the court, with Judge G. Steven Agee concurring. “And the Second Amendment’s right to keep and bear arms is no different."

A three-judge panel in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday the Second Amendment protects the rights of 18-to-20-year-olds to buy handguns. It struck down federal laws that prohibited…

07/07/2021

In a sign of how strongly the industry opposes Biden’s ATF nominee David Chipman, the National Shooting Sports Foundation has purchased its first-ever TV ads to try and stop his confirmation.

The gun industry’s trade group is running ads in key states in an attempt to block President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the agency that regulates them.