Happy Fourth of July weekend! In honor of the birth of our great country, The Reload is having a sale. If you enter the code 4th at check out, you’ll get 25 percent off a monthly or yearly membership. The sale ends soon, so make take advantage of this deal while it lasts! As a Reload member, you’ll receive exclusive access to posts as well as my weekly analysis newsletter. You’ll also be able to comment on our stories. And you’ll help support The Reload‘s independent reporting. And, starting today, you’ll receive early access to the brand new Weekly Reload Podcast! The new podcast will feature updates on the latest gun news as well as one-on-one interviews with the biggest writers and newsmakers in the gun world. You can expect long-form politics and policy interviews that give a broader understanding than is usually possible in a written story. Members will also be able to submit questions for future episodes and hear me and the guests answer them. The first episode features National Review‘s Charles Cooke and will be exclusive to members for the entire weekend. Podcast: Charles Cooke on 2nd Amendment History and an Update on the Gun Sales Surge [Member Exclusive] In this inaugural episode, Charles joins me for a detailed conversation about President Joe Biden’s recent claims about the history of the Second Amendment. He explains the Founders’ point of view on gun rights and provides insight into how their view was abandoned in the 20th century—and how the resurrection of their original intent is going at today’s Supreme Court. Charles has long been one of the top conservative writers on the history of gun laws in America and I’m thrilled he was willing to be my first guest. Plus, we talk about his personal evolution from gun-hating brit to gun-toting Florida Man. Members can listen to the podcast here before anyone else. June Gun Sales Second Best on Record June 2021 saw more than 1.2 million gun sales. That makes it the second-best June on record, according to an industry analysis of FBI numbers released on Thursday. The month fell by about 900,000 sales from the all-time record in 2020. However, it was up more than 100,000 sales from the third-place mark set in 2016. The number also represents a slight decline from the 1.3 million sold in May as gun sales enter the summer period, which has traditionally been slower. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), which represents gun makers and dealers, put together the analysis. The group said the numbers show demand for guns remains high. Click here to read more. We Just Saw the First Billion-Dollar Year for a Gun Maker One of the nation’s largest gun companies raked in record sales as Americans flooded gun stores last year. Smith & Wesson reported its best sales year ever in 2020, topping $1.1 billion in net sales for the first time ever. That’s up more than 100 percent from 2019. “Our manufacturing logistics teams produced and shipped nearly 2.5