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1 week ago | 
argentinareports.com | Facundo Falduto |Frances Jenner |Miguel Goyeneche |politics. He
Buenos Aires, Argentina — Decade-old monetary restrictions imposed on Argentinians were lifted on Monday following President Javier Milei’s administration’s announcement on April 11 that the government had signed a new agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) — the third for Argentina in the past seven years.
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2 weeks ago | 
thereload.com | Stephen Gutowski |politics. He
American manufacturers dominate the gun industry, but that doesn’t mean it won’t feel the impact of President Donald Trump’s new tariffs. American manufacturers produced 171,810,319 guns between 2000 and 2023, according to the ATF. The same data shows Americans imported 93,335,557 guns at the same time. A different ATF report found Americans imported 26 billion rounds of ammunition between 2010 and 2020 alone.
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2 weeks ago | 
thereload.com | Stephen Gutowski |politics. He
FBI Director Kash Patel is no longer in charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), but the Trump Administration won’t say when that change happened. On Wednesday, the ATF confirmed to The Reload that Patel had left the acting director role and President Donald Trump had replaced him with Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll. However, it couldn’t say when the move was officially made, and neither could the Department of Justice (DOJ).
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3 weeks ago | 
thereload.com | Stephen Gutowski |politics. He
This week, we’re taking a close look at the Supreme Court’s ruling in Bondi v. VanDerStok. To do that, we have the Independence Institute’s David Kopel on the show. Kopel has written extensively on gun policy and been cited repeatedly at the Supreme Court. So, there are few people better qualified to dissect what the VanDerStok ruling means.
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3 weeks ago | 
thereload.com | Jake Fogleman |Stephen Gutowski |politics. He
The Trump Administration announced another newsworthy gun policy initiative this week. On Thursday, the Department of Justice said it had opened a civil rights investigation into the delays and high fees associated with Los Angeles County’s gun-carry permitting process. Contributing Writer Jake Fogleman takes a close look at exactly what that means and what could come from the investigation, as well as potential future ones.
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3 weeks ago | 
thereload.com | Stephen Gutowski |politics. He
The Supreme Court has upheld the ATF’s “ghost gun” kit ban, but its ruling was fairly narrow. So, what exactly does it do? On Wednesday, a 7-2 majority ruled the Biden-era survived what it categorized as a facial challenge. It argued there was at least one scenario where the items the ATF targeted fit within the underlying statute: now-defunct Polymer80’s “buy build shoot” kit and its unfinished frames.
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3 weeks ago | 
thereload.com | Stephen Gutowski |Jake Fogleman |Shirleen Guerra |politics. He
The Supreme Court handed down another gun case this week. It ruled in favor of the ATF’s Biden-era “ghost gun” kit ban. It argued at least some kits were a close enough fit to the underlying federal law for the ATF to regulate them. However, as I explore for members, it’s not clear how far the Court means for that authority to extend. We also had a judge in New York uphold a stun gun ban for the first time since the Supreme Court ruled against a similar ban back in 2016.
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4 weeks ago | 
thereload.com | Stephen Gutowski |politics. He
March For Our Lives is slashing its employees and appointing a new leader. The gun-control group announced it would cut ties with 13 of its 16 full-time staffers last week. It also named a new executive director. Jaclyn Corin, a 24-year-old Parkland survivor and group co-founder, will take the reins as the organization attempts to navigate bumpy terrain in the wake of the 2024 election.
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4 weeks ago | 
thereload.com | Stephen Gutowski |politics. He
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) did not exceed its authority when it reclassified unfinished gun part kits under the same rules as fully functional firearms. That’s the conclusion of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). On Wednesday, a 7-2 majority upheld the Biden-Era ATF rule that requires makers and dealers of unfinished frames and receivers to obtain federal licenses, serialize their products, and conduct background checks on customers.
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1 month ago | 
thereload.com | Stephen Gutowski |politics. He
This week, we’re looking at a few actions the Trump Administration just took on gun policy. To wade through those moves and navigate where the signs point, we’ve got Cam Edwards of Bearing Arms back on the show. We look at different stories from Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). As Cam noted, some were bigger deals than others.
