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Does regular marijuana use render a person too dangerous to own a firearm? A majority of Supreme Court justices appeared uncomfortable with that proposition on Monday. This morning, the High Court heard oral arguments in US v. Hemani. The case challenges the federal government’s prosecution of Ali Danial Hemani, a Texas man and admitted regular… Read more

After 40 years of frustration, some gun-rights advocates think they found a way for civilians to buy new machineguns without repealing any federal restrictions. On Monday, a pair of West Virginia lawmakers introduced Senate Bill 1071. Dubbed the “Public Defense and Provisioning Act,” the first-of-its-kind bill would establish a new Office of Public Defense within… Read more

This week, we’re doing something a bit different. Instead of one guest, we have three. They are all members of a new initiative trying to break the decades-old logjam around gun policy. The participants from Bridging the Divide join the show to discuss how their detailed policy proposals differ from the ones our debate has… Read more

There is quite a bit of buzz around a genuine policy innovation in West Virginia that could break the 40-year-ban on new sales of machineguns to civilians. But is it really viable either legally or politically? That’s the sort of question we created The Reload to answer. While major media is often ignorant of how… Read more

The President spent nearly two hours on Tuesday laying out his policy agenda, celebrating claimed accomplishments, and even heckling Democrats. But one thing was noticeably absent: any talk of guns. Mirroring his record-long 2024 acceptance speech, Donald Trump’s record-long 2026 State of the Union speech skipped mentioning firearms policy. He managed to talk about immigration,… Read more

This week, President Donald Trump gave the first State of the Union address of his second term. It went on for nearly two hours and featured a number of surprise guests and a mountain of policy discussion. Conspicuously absent, though, was the topic of firearms. I dive into what the snub might mean for gun… Read more

In the decade between his release from jail after his first sex crime and his second arrest for child sex trafficking, Jeffrey Epstein repeatedly pursued increasingly desperate plans for regaining his ability to own guns. A Reload analysis of the Epstein Files found numerous occasions where Epstein asked his lawyers and government officials how he… Read more

President Donald Trump didn’t mention guns once in the first State of the Union speech of his second term. While Trump took time to mention dozens of key priorities for his administration during Tuesday’s event, he did not mention gun policy at all. The nearly two-hour speech, which was the longest speech a President has… Read more

The National Rifle Association’s (NRA) quest to hold a former New York official accountable for pressuring companies not to do business with it will not end in monetary damages. That’s the result of the orders list the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) released Monday. In it, the justices denied cert in NRA v.… Read more

With just over a week to go until the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in its next Second Amendment case, the Trump Administration revealed how it plans to defend the federal gun restriction at issue. The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a new brief on Thursday in response to Ali Danial Hemani’s brief filed last… Read more