Founder of The Reload Stephen Gutowski joined CNBC Tuesday to analyze how the gun market is keeping up its record pace.
“All those new gun owners, especially ones from traditionally Democratic demographics, how they progress in their gun ownership is going to make a big difference five, 10 years down the line on how not just the Republican Party deals with guns but how the Democratic Party deals with it,” he said. “If they become less willing to vote for politicians who advocate stricter gun laws, you could see the Democratic Party adapt to that new reality and move back towards the center on the issue.”
“I think that this just continues the momentum for permitless carry across the country,” Gutowski said. “It’s the most popular gun policy over the last decade here in America. More popular than even ‘red flag’ laws which have popped up in quite a few states. So, I think with Texas adopting it, if they don’t see any negative repercussions for that, you’ll probably see another of other states adopt this as well.”
“Anything that can be readily converted into a receiver can then be regulated as a firearm receiver,” he said. “So, even if something is down to the very base metal block these parts are made of under this rule, with how broad it is, that could be considered a firearm. That block itself would have to be serialized. If you wanted to buy one, you’d have to go through the process that you’d have to go through in order to buy a finished gun that’s fully functional.”
The Reload’s founder Stephen Gutowski went on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal this morning to discuss the launch of the site as well as President Joe Biden’s call for Congress to pass a collection of new gun-control laws.
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