Stephen Gutowski

Virginia

Founder at The Weekly Reload Podcast

Contributor at CNN

Founder of https://t.co/WHfmJJ8fp8. CNN contributor. Firearms reporter. Gun-safety instructor. Philly fan. DM me some story tips. Email: Gutowski@TheReload(dot)com

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Iowa Opens Gun-Carry Permitting to 18 Year Olds

1 day ago | thereload.com | Stephen Gutowski

Adults under 21 years old can now obtain concealed carry permits in the Hawkeye State. On Friday, Republican Governor Kim Reynolds signed House File 924 into law. The legislation lowers the minimum age to legally carry a concealed firearm. It also lowers the age at which it becomes illegal to sell a used gun to another person. Both are now set at 18. “I joined the Marines when I was 18, I graduated from boot camp when I was 18.
SCOTUS Rejects Minnesota Attempt to Revive 18-to-20 Carry Ban

2 days ago | thereload.com | Jake Fogleman |Stephen Gutowski

Gun-carry rights for adults under 21 will not be the subject of the Supreme Court’s next Second Amendment decision. On Monday, the justices denied certiorari in Worth v. Jacobson. Minnesota’s Attorney General had asked the Court to review an Eighth Circuit ruling striking down the state’s law barring anyone under 21 from obtaining a concealed carry permit. The Court’s denial effectively concludes the lawsuit and immediately prevents the state from enforcing its age limit any further.
Analysis: Trump Sticks to His Guns Following FSU Shooting [Member Exclusive]

5 days ago | thereload.com | Jake Fogleman |Stephen Gutowski

Faced with the first high-profile shooting of his second term, Donald Trump bucked initial calls for new gun restrictions. After a 20-year-old student at Florida State University shot and killed two people on campus Thursday and injured six others, the President was asked by reporters in the Oval Office if the incident would prompt him to support any new gun legislation. While he called the attack a “shame,” he blamed the perpetrator rather than their weapons.
Podcast: The NRA After Its Latest Board Election and Trump’s Snub (ft. John Petrolino) [Member Early Access]

5 days ago | thereload.com | Stephen Gutowski

This week, we’re taking a close look at the state of the NRA. The nation’s largest gun-rights group is not nearly as large as it was half a decade ago. President Donald Trump just bailed on its conference. However, its civil corruption suit is now over, and its latest board election is in the books. To give us a detailed view of where the NRA is at today, we’ve got freelance reporter John Petrolino on the show. John often writes for Shooting News Weekly and Bearing Arms.
Members’ Newsletter: The First Big Test of Trump’s Second Term

5 days ago | thereload.com | Stephen Gutowski

This week saw a horrible attack on one of America’s largest college campuses. The shooting, which left two dead and six more wounded, is the first significant test of President Donald Trump’s gun policy. Contributing Writer Jake Fogleman explains why, at least initially, gun-rights activists will be satisfied with his performance. And why that wasn’t necessarily a given.
Analysis: Can the NRA Still Pull Out of Its Tailspin? [Member Exclusive]

1 week ago | thereload.com | Stephen Gutowski

The National Rifle Association is finally on the other side of its New York corruption trial with reformers firmly in control, but its existential crisis is still growing. This week, President Donald Trump decided to bail on the gun-rights group’s annual conference for the first time since he began his political career in earnest. That blow came shortly after news that the NRA is still shedding members. Plus, two other lawsuits against it present more potential peril. Can the NRA still survive?
Newsletter: Trump Bails on the NRA

1 week ago | thereload.com | Stephen Gutowski

This week, we’re looking at the relationship between President Donald Trump and the NRA. We broke the news that Trump has decided not to speak at this year’s NRA Annual Meeting. It’s the first time he’s skipped the event in a decade, and it comes at a perilous time for the gun-rights group. I look at how bad things have gotten and whether the NRA can still recover in a piece for members. We also have another ruling in an AR-15 ban case, this time out of Massachusetts.
First Circuit Upholds Massachusetts ‘Assault Weapon,” Magazine Bans

1 week ago | thereload.com | Jake Fogleman |Stephen Gutowski

The Bay State’s ban on the sale of certain semi-automatic firearms and ammunition magazines does not run afoul of the Second Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. A three-judge panel for the First Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld the denial of a preliminary injunction against Massachusetts’ ban on the sale of “assault weapons,” such as the popular AR-15, and ammunition magazines capable of holding more than ten rounds.
Montana Bans ‘Red Flag’ Laws

1 week ago | thereload.com | Stephen Gutowski

Big Sky Country won’t allow temporary gun confiscation orders at the state or local level. On Monday, the Montana Legislature sent to Republican Governor Greg Gianforte’s desk. The bill bars localities from implementing their own Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPO), commonly called Red Flag laws, or accepting grants to pursue them. The state doesn’t have a Red Flag law, and, if the bill is signed into law, none of its cities or towns will be allowed to consider their own.
Trump Snubs NRA Convention

1 week ago | thereload.com | Stephen Gutowski

For the first time since 2015, President Donald Trump won’t be speaking at the National Rifle Association’s Annual Meeting. On Tuesday, the NRA confirmed President Trump would not be attending the event in Atlanta, Georgia, at the end of the month. It also said it had canceled the Leadership Forum, the part of the conference where Trump and other politicians usually address NRA members. It cited scheduling conflicts as the reason for Trump’s absence.