The Reload
Stephen GutowskiA place for sober, serious firearms reporting and analysis.
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📧 Bloomberg Drops Cash Bomb on Midterms
$22 million.
That’s how much Michael Bloomberg just gave to Everytown’s Super PAC. It’s the largest single donation the group has ever received, pushing its fundraising total to a midterm record. And, as I detail for Reload Members, pushin...
📧 NRA Jumps Into 2026 Ad Race
This week, we have a new update in the midterm gun fight. The gun-rights movement has fired its first shot at an ad campaign.
It comes in the form of a National Rifle Association ad against Texas Democrat James Talarico in a race key to Re...
📧 Midterm Fundraising, Spending is Extremely Lopsided Among Gun Groups
The election is less than a month away. So, we’re taking a close look at where the gun-money fight stands. And the picture is clear.
Gun-control groups have massively outraised and outspent the gun-rights groups. The National Rifle Associa...
📧 Gun Industry Scores First Win Against 'Glock Bans'
Gun businesses have achieved their first injunction against a sales ban on one of the most popular pistol types in the country.
After an early setback in the fight against California’s version of the ban a few months back, Glock and its al...
📧 Gun Ban at Churches, Synagogues Loses in Federal Court
This week, a Maryland synagogue won a preliminary victory against a county ban on guns in places of worship.
That added to the collection of cases against government “gun-free zone” mandates at religious sites over the past four years. It...
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Founder of http://TheReload.com. Former CNN contributor. Firearms reporter. Gun-safety instructor. Philly fan. DM me some story tips. Email: Gutowski@TheReload(dot)com
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