Gun Sales
Gun Sales Continue to Slide
The number of FBI background checks associated with gun sales fell again last month, according to a new industry report.
Stephen Gutowski
May 7, 2025
8:36 pm
The number of FBI background checks associated with gun sales fell again last month, according to a new industry report.
Atlanta, Georgia — The National Rifle Association’s CEO, Doug Hamlin, estimated upwards of 70,000 people showed up to the group’s conference last weekend. The Reload spoke to a dozen or so while they perused the cavernous exhibit floor of the Georgia World Congress Center, which was packed with the latest firearms and accessories the industry has to offer.
Plus, Contributing Writer Jake Fogleman and I discuss a series of legal filings from the Department of Justice urging the Supreme Court not to hear a case on the federal gun ban for non-violent felons.
Plus, Ohio State University accounting professor Briand Mittendorf breaks down the latest NRA financial report on the podcast.
The National Rifle Association is still shrinking, but not as quickly as before.
The last month has clarified how the Trump Administration plans to approach the gun rights of non-violent felons. Its preferred course offers some benefits but also real downsides for gun-rights advocates.
Plus, the founders of Open Source Defense explain their new venture capital fund for gun companies on the podcast.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) took the unusual step of asking the Supreme Court to take up a Second Amendment case in which the Federal Government is not a party.
President Donald Trump ran for re-election at least in part on a promise to do away with certain federal gun-control laws. Now, his administration is actively fighting to keep the most commonly enforced federal gun law intact and on the books.
For the first time in years, NRA members managed to pass a resolution on to their board.
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