I’ve decided to move the weekly newsletter up to Friday. I think that fits a bit better with most people’s schedules. Everyone can get a roundup of what happened in gun news before the weekend hits. Then, on Sunday, Reload members can read the analysis newsletter to get a better grasp on how this week’s news will affect things moving into the next week (you should, of course, buy a membership today if you want that extra insight). This week was another busy one. First, something fun: I took an in-depth look at a new show that really captures the changing face of gun ownership in America. Neither host of Guns Out TV thought they’d start a show about guns in the middle of a pandemic. But they are showing what it’s really like to be a black gun owner in America. Their story might just be where American gun culture is headed. Americans bought more guns in April 2021 than any other April on record. That’s truly impressive given the previous record was set last year when long lines were stretching outside gun stores across the country. The NRA’s fate is now in the hands of a bankruptcy judge in Texas. In my latest on the case, I detailed the closing arguments from all sides in the case and what options the judge has. Read up on that below to get ready for what Judge Harlin Hale decides to do. Oh, and we also had a members-only Q&A on the Supreme Court’s first-ever gun-carry case that I thought was fantastic. So, I excerpted just a bit of it to give everyone an idea of what it was like. The Show That Captures America’s Changing Gun Culture John Keys became one of the millions of Americans to buy their first gun in March 2020. As an African American, he was part of the fastest-growing demographic to do so. “Right at the height of all of the craziness is when I bought my first pistol and rifle,” Keys told The Reload. “I didn’t know where all that was gonna go. So I just figured, ‘you know what, let me go to this gun show and just try to pick up a rifle and a pistol before I can’t get it anywhere.’ It was the last gun show before they shut everything down.” Less than a year later, he’s part of another expanding group: new gun owners who have already turned into activists. He now co-hosts Guns Out TV with Shermichael Singleton, another black gun owner. The pair uses the program to show what black gun ownership in America looks like while being educational and, especially, entertaining. “The vast majority of new gun owners in 2020 were black people,” Keys said. “We felt we needed to step out. We just noticed that a lot of the content out there looks a certain way and appeals to a certain audience. We wanted to broaden that audience. And what better way than, like Shermichael always says, two