About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of Attorney General Pam Bondi's dismissal on gun policy and features an interview with investigative reporter Stephen Gutowski.

On this installment of the Gutowski Files we sit down with investigative reporter Stephen Gutowski of thereload.com and discuss the recent dismissal of Attorney General Pam Bondi and what her replacement might mean for the Trump administration's gun policy moving forward. Then we discuss a recent brief filed by the North Carolina chapter of the ACLU on behalf of a criminal defendant in a prohibited possessor case. Active Self Protection exists to help good, sane, sober, moral, prudent people in all walks of life to more effectively protect themselves and their loved ones from criminal violence. On the ASP Podcast you will hear the true stories of life or death self defense encounters from the men and women that lived them. If you are interested in the Second Amendment, self defense and defensive firearms use, martial arts or the use of less lethal tools used in the real world to defend life and family, you will find this show riveting. Join host and career federal agent Mike Willever as he talks to real life survivors and hear their stories in depth. You'll hear about these incidents and the self defenders from well before the encounter occurred on through the legal and emotional…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mike Willever, John Correia

Guest: Stephen Gutowski

Topics covered

• gun policy
• Second Amendment
• self defense
• criminal justice
• investigative reporting

Keywords

• gun policy
• Second Amendment
• self defense
• criminal defendant
• ACLU
• investigative reporting
• Trump administration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: North Carolina chapter of the ACLU, thereload.com

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