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We have good news this week. We may be living through one of the safest periods in American history. That’s the implication of a new report from a leading crime data analyst. The murder rate likely hit an all-time low in 2025, and now it’s declined further in 2026. Meanwhile, the Department of Justice announced… Read more

Empire State lawmakers have moved to criminalize digital blueprints used to 3D-print firearm parts and the printers that can read them as part of a gun-control package that also targeted popular Glock pistols. Governor Kathy Hochul (D.) signed the measure into law on Wednesday as part of the state’s budget bill. It sets up a… Read more

Murder in America has been plummeting for years and is now on pace to reach an all-time low, according to a leading crime data analyst. On Monday, AH Datalytics Founder Jeff Asher reported the murder rate appears to again be in significant decline through the first half of 2026. He noted that his company’s real-time… Read more

Minnesota can ignore certain gun-carry permits without violating the Second Amendment, a federal appeals court has ruled. A unanimous three-judge panel for the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled against Jeffrey Johnson Sr., a Georgia resident who sued Minnesota over its refusal to recognize out-of-state gun-carry permits. The panel determined that rules governing… Read more

Colorado’s novel approach to regulating AR-15s and other semi-automatic firearms shed the “assault weapon” ban, raising questions about how many guns will be swept into its net as its effective date draws nearer. Now, the state has offered its first answer. Earlier this month, the Colorado Department of Revenue’s Firearms Dealer Division quietly published draft… Read more

This week, we’re taking gun policy and politics questions from our members. It’s been a while since we’ve done a Q&A, and quite a lot has happened. So, we’re answering everything we can fit into an hour-long podcast. Turns out that’s a lot! Contributing Writer Jake Fogleman and I tackle all sorts of topics. We… Read more

Colorado passed a unique permit-to-purchase law for so-called assault weapons last year. But since it’s a novel concept that relies on convoluted definitions, the state is still figuring out which firearms will be regulated. Contributing Writer Jake Fogleman examines the 100+ page first draft of the list and some of the strange circumstances it has… Read more

The midterm elections are fast approaching, and gun politics have little salience. Among the three major polls to ask people about their top issues that were released the past week, none of them registered a gun-related response higher than tied for second-to-last place. Polls from Quinnipiac University and The Economist/YouGov show just two percent of… Read more

This week, as we await the Supreme Court’s decision on the so-called vampire rule, a left-leaning lower court bid it adieu. As Contributing Writer Jake Fogleman details, the Second Circuit delivered a mixed ruling. It struck down New York’s law reversing the assumption that publicly accessible private property is open to licensed gun carriers. But… Read more

The Trump Administration isn’t trying to bar transgender or non-binary people from owning guns, according to a top official at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). In an exclusive interview with The Reload, ATF Chief Counsel Robert Leider rejected the idea that a new rule requiring gun buyers to put their biological… Read more