This Week in Guns

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Commentary on the latest firearms industry news, information and buzz. Brought to you by the Firearms Radio Network.

Recent Episodes
  • This Week in Guns 456 – The Double Edged Trump DOJ. Weird things happening in gun law
    Feb 19, 2025 – 56:28
  • This Week in Guns 455 – SHOT Show Drama, 3 Pro-Gun Federal Bills, and Litigation Updates
    Feb 3, 2025 –
  • This Week in Guns 454 – THIS YEAR IN GUNS, A REVIEW
    Jan 11, 2025 –
  • This Week in Guns 453 – Canada Bans the Whole Gun
    Dec 21, 2024 –
  • This Week in Guns 452 – SIG Sauer Issues, SBR Arrests, and the Magpul-Zev Partnership
    Nov 29, 2024 –
  • This Week in Guns 451 – Election Fallout, Silly Conspiracies, and Gun Law Showdowns
    Nov 12, 2024 –
  • This Week in Guns 450 – Double Feature on Silly Failings
    Oct 24, 2024 –
  • This Week in Guns 449 – SPECIAL GUEST Karl Kasarda – We Talk Guns With him
    Sep 29, 2024 –
  • This Week in Guns 448 – Ivan Doxx, Auto Key Card Update, Massachusetts Ghost Gun Ban
    Sep 22, 2024 –
  • This Week in Guns 447 – The Machinegun Case, Generational Warfare, & More Legal Stuff
    Sep 3, 2024 –
  • This Week in Guns 446 – Tug of War in Federal Court, Polymer80’s Quiet Demise, + More
    Aug 19, 2024 –
  • This Week in Guns 444 – A Notable Butler County that Happened
    Jul 15, 2024 –
  • This Week in Guns 443 – Chevron Gone, ATF in Danger, and Political Comedy
    Jul 6, 2024 –
  • This Week in Guns 442 – Soupreme Bump Stock END THE RFNA?!
    Jun 18, 2024 –
  • This Week in Guns 441 – This Week in Guns 5/15/24 – Glock Ban? Dexter Taylor, & A Better Way to Advance the 2A
    May 15, 2024 –
  • This Week in Guns 440 – Welcome Back, We’ve been Hard & Work – Assault Weapons, State Laws +
    Apr 29, 2024 –
  • This Week in Guns 439 – Is PSA Being Unfair? Will Virginia become DC? & Will Biofire Give Idiots Smart Guns?
    Apr 7, 2024 –
  • This Week in Guns 438 – Do ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS Get GUN RIGHTS? Plus the News
    Mar 23, 2024 –
  • This Week in Guns 437 – Exploring the 5th Circuit’s injunction, FRT technology, South Carolina’s new carry bill, and the Rust movie shooting trial
    Mar 12, 2024 –
  • This Week in Guns 436 – Ghost Recon 2, Giffords, Hawaii, AR-15 misconceptions, and more analysis
    Feb 29, 2024 – 1:33:14
  • This Week in Guns 435 – SHOT Show Experience, Big Littergations, & More
    Feb 19, 2024 – 1:55:20
  • This Week in Guns 433 – Year-End Recap, Glock’s future, California Bruen response law, and more
    Jan 1, 2024 – 1:21:15
  • This Week in Guns 432
    Dec 19, 2023 – 1:32:18
  • This Week in Guns 12/11/23 – I got SWATted, New York Times Running Amok, & More
    Dec 12, 2023 – 1:00:30
  • This Week in Guns 430 – ATF’s FRT Assault, Bans Overturned, Feds Malding, and Gun Nonsense
    Dec 5, 2023 – 1:11:52
  • This Week in Guns 429 – It’s ThanksTaking Time
    Nov 22, 2023 – 58:48
  • This Week in Guns 427 – Big Supreme Court Updates, plus “Why Don’t We Enforce The Laws We Already Have?”
    Nov 8, 2023 – 1:12:14
  • This Week in Guns 426 – One of the Dumbest Weeks of All Time
    Oct 30, 2023 – 1:15:39
  • This Week in Guns 10/17/2023 – Some of the Dumbest Updates We’ve Seen Yet
    Oct 17, 2023 – 47:09
  • This Week in Guns 10/2/23 – Is California the Sorest Loser in Gun Law?
    Oct 3, 2023 – 1:03:27
  • This Week in Guns 423 – Auto Key Card Update, Circuit Courts Causing Rifts, & More
    Sep 18, 2023 – 1:25:36
  • This Week in Guns 8/30/23 – Tennessee, Republicans Fumbling, DC Cops Abusing Red Flags, & Webley
    Aug 30, 2023 – 55:58
  • TWIG 421 – AK Guy for Congressional, Entertaining 2A Litigation, & More
    Aug 19, 2023 – 1:11:33
  • This Week in Guns 420 – Pistol Brace Updoot, The Trace Kerfuffle, and Bad Guns Being Bad
    Aug 4, 2023 – 50:10
  • This Week in Guns 419 – Ivan in the House, Massachusetts’ Dirty Tricks, & Legal DevelopmentsThis Week in Guns 419 –
    Jul 23, 2023 – 55:37
  • This Week in Guns 7/9/23 – Important Legal Developments, Philadelphia Happenings, & Much More
    Jul 11, 2023 – 1:12:06
  • This Week in Guns 417 – We Told You So & Other Activities From The Evil Side
    Jun 28, 2023 – 1:11:15
  • This Week in Guns 416 – The Roving Gun Trucks of Urbania
    Jun 20, 2023 – 1:34:05
  • This Week in Guns 415 – The Membership Wars, State Coalitions, and Show & Tell
    Jun 3, 2023 – 1:00:17
  • This Week in Guns 414 – Twitter Drama, A New Smartgat, Pistol Brace Lawsuits, & Awful Nonsense
    May 24, 2023 – 1:14:40
  • This Week in Guns 5/16/2023 Young Adult Bans in Trouble, Blaming Clarence Thomas, SCOTUS’ SHADOW DOCKET, & MoreThis Week in Guns 5/16/2023
    May 16, 2023 – 1:07:43
  • This Week in Guns 412 – The CRS Trial, Colorado Update, Oregon Update, Constitutional Failings
    May 4, 2023 – 1:09:53
  • TWIG 411 – I Testified at Congress, Florida’s Carry Bill, & Exposing Statistic Lies
    Apr 5, 2023 – 1:07:37
  • This Week in Guns 410 – New York & California’s Great Cope, SCOTUS Getting Involved, and the Lizards At it Again
    Mar 22, 2023 – 1:00:49
  • This Week in Guns 409 – Biden’s Order, The Grand Strategy, and Lawsuit Updates
    Mar 16, 2023 – 1:00:36
  • TWIG 408 – Let’s talk “Constitutional Carry,” The Draco Arc, & Lawsuit UpdatesTWIG 408 –
    Mar 1, 2023 – 1:17:57
  • TWIG 407 – ATF’s Gun Tracing Scheme, State Law Updates, Stolen WWI Machinegun
    Feb 24, 2023 – 1:20:23
  • TWIG 406 – Brace Rule Posted & Lawsuits Filed, How bad is TikTok, and How Dumb is Democracy?
    Feb 3, 2023 – 1:32:47
  • This Week in Guns 405 – Baldwin’s Back & Discussions on Human Rights
    Jan 24, 2023 – 1:36:01
  • TWIG 404 – Prickly Prisker’s New Ban, Having Hard Gun Discussions, & Cop Statistics
    Jan 13, 2023 – 53:15
Recent Reviews
  • Superlincoln
    Very good podcast
    Hosts Have Very good interpretation of the law and great opinion on guns Also one of the host(Ivan the troll) is the co designer of the fgc-9 and designed a few 3D printed guns including a 3D printed g3 and mp5
  • Reload 68
    Pass
    Used to be a good show now just a lot of useless banter . Too bad . Was good in the day
  • KB Brown
    Way too much banter .
    Way to much banter. Amateur hour. KB
  • ironked
    The sarcasm is deep
    I greatly enjoy Matt's antics. He's intelligent. Quite clear he knows the legal issues in and out. Then he riffs a bunch of playful crap that will always crack a smile. He was a good choice to resurrect This Week In Guns.
  • Dale Grib-shackleford
    New co-host
    Came to and stayed with this podcast for the love of Shawn and Matt’s voices and commentary of the firearms world and news. This weeks addition of a new cohost Ben Allread was a welcome surprise and I hope he sticks around. He is an enthusiast in more similar hobbies and perhaps more relatable than Shawn. Keep up the great show!
  • Westerosi Villain
    Ahegao
    Love it, love Matt and Shawn. It's always super informative and entertaining. I'd listen to it daily if it came out that often. Can I get a huhhh yeeeaah?
  • G-Man 0399
    Enjoy the show. Wish it was more often.
    Love this show and listen to it as soon as I see it when released. Wish they were more often. I had to start listening to We like Shooting for something to listen to between these shows. We like Shooting isn’t quite as good in my opinion though.
  • Adam Bryce
    Not usually relevant to “ this week in guns”
    Often seem unprepared and banter a little to much amongst themselves, I would like to hear more quality content. Also the lawyer sounds extremely arrogant at times, and that gets old quickly.
  • Aron hater
    Drugs
    How many of the non violent young men in prison are only non violent because they plead down from a violent crime?
  • Stone rm57
    Love the show!
    This is a great show that gives you news about the second amendment and sometimes challenges you point of view. Loved the show when Shawn was the main host and still love it with Matt taking the lead. I might not always agree with their statements or point of view and that what I’m looking for. Living in an echo chamber is very unhealthy people! Keep up the great work.
  • zzkeith
    Great show!
    I really like the new show with Matt and Shawn. Their opinions are intelligent and well thought out. Great job guys. Please keep doing what you are doing.
  • yourfavoritehvactech
    Review
    I really like you guys and your programs, I have received more unbiased information about guns than I have anywhere else and I will continue listen to you all thank you for what y’all do
  • 509 NOT commie-attle
    A great improvement
    I like the new format and host. My only complaint is having a title” this week in guns” it is pivotal that you do a show weekly. Hearing a prospective from a lawyer and Floridian makes a Washingtonian think twice... and that is great.
  • Nick_B_16
    Great show about news, not an echo chamber
    This is a bit of a novel so consider that a warning. To start with the hosts are great. Very knowledgeable and entertaining while still covering important topics. THIS IS NOT AN ECHO CHAMBER. one of the hosts often has different view points and doesn’t agree with main stream ideas. THIS IS A GOOD THING! Not sure why people get so butt hurt. I don’t agree with everything they say and that’s ok. If nothing else it makes you think critically about your own views and beliefs, which could strengthen your arguments. You might change your mind you might not, but it’s great conversation had between the two hosts. That’s more of what we need rather than just different voices saying the same things. They also don’t have many guests. Personally I like that because I tune in to hear their opinions and there are plenty of other great shows on the FRN that have regular guests if that’s your thing. The Only exception I’d like to see is very specialized subject matter experts like judges, politicians, etc if they can provide some behind the scenes information. All in all it’s a great show and worth the listen. More 3D printing stuff would be cool but that might not be the show for that stuff. Keep up the great work
  • Goodgrief1776
    322
    Really wish these two would stick to what they know. The 359 discussion was like two Hollywood writers hashing out a bad script. Just awful.
  • Jcsfuels
    Awesome show
    Great show has been a while since they put up a new podcast really enjoy the legal discussions. Please keep this show going by far my favorite podcast
  • olijam
    Disappointing
    Once a great show turned to crap by the new host, the self-proclaimed 2A advocate-Hipster-Libertarian is an insult to all three. I expected more from FRN and not sure how Shawn puts up with the alleged “expert” spewing misleading opinion pieces, only thing he can do is regurgitate Reddit threads. I actually unsubscribed from the network and resubscribed to the other shows individually just not to see this one in my feed... it’s that bad.
  • eddy6t
    Disappointing
    I like this podcast I also listen to We Like Shooting I’m a fan of Shawn but this host “Matt”, I’m sorry but you gotta go bud. Your jokes are lame and you talk too much you obviously have a hard time staying on topic. If it wasn’t for Shawn I would Not listen to this podcast AT ALL.
  • autocrossed
    Better then ever
    The host blows Shawn out of the water.
  • Peanut33!!
    #347
    Best episode ever with the “new” show!! Thanks
  • ZPETTIT
    Non-fear mongering 2A News
    #1 podcast for real gun news without the noise.
  • rammin richard
    So happy it’s back
    I love this podcast I’m glad it’s back! Thank you guys for making it happen. I have a question for Matt. How could we (what would have to happen) make a case for gun owners that would make us a protected class. The government seems to be prejudice against gun owners.
  • thephatcuban
    Matt! Yes, Yes, Yes!
    So glad to see this come back weekly and being a FPC donor, I am stoked to see Matt here.
  • OOtim
    One of my favorites
    Really great podcast. So excited that Matt is now involved!
  • Hammerlane17
    👍🏼👍🏼
    Glad this show is back , one of my favorites. Thanks guys
  • Kc2bkm
    Awesome!
    Long time fan of the YouTube Channel. Just discovered the podcast As a podcast junky I love it. Great job fellas!
  • Noldor858
    Getting a lot of news without the lamestream
    Shawn Heron has done a goodjob with the podcast since Jake Challand left. Getting some of the news you won't otherwise hear, along with the funny uplifiting commentary is something I look forward to every week. Unfortunately since the passing of the producer, Kenny Ortega, the show seems to be on hiatus.
  • albaker500
    Shameful
    I find it appalling that the producer, Kenny 'Ortaga' worked so hard on this show and the minute he passes away, Shawn can't even keep the show going in his memory. What a spoiled childish brat. Shame on you Shawn Herrin.
  • BWarner458
    Just terrible
    The host is extremely negative about things he clearly lacks any real experience with. He arrogantly pretends to be an expert about everything, while it is obvious he's at best an amature.
  • not shane herrin
    Just stirring the pot
    Shawn Herrin is a HO!
  • NickLynch8
    Great show!
    Great show with a good host who brings on interesting people for fascinating discussions.
  • pasty white gut
    Like a warm hug.
    This show is like a warm hug. It’s great to get on a regular basis, and makes you feel good inside. If you don’t like hugs then you don’t like this show, and we can’t be friends.
  • dbacel
    This one is the best
    I like this week in guns the best because they have different people on and talk about thing a going on now. I know Sean ( or however you spell it ) doesn’t like the format but I like it the best. Thanks
  • 45sig58
    Mixed bag too much silliness vs serious discussion
    Some weeks there is a great discussion of various firearms topics, some weeks the show consists solely of the hosts telling jokes and laughing at each other. This aspects seems to be getting worse. This is why a stopped listening to “We like shooting”. Maybe time to take my limited podcast listening time elsewhere
  • MoreSasquatch!
    Mostly good info
    The podcast is mostly good information and discussion, but I have to say the guy Jeremy that they have as a commentator I think does a total disservice to the podcast. Just listened to his commentary on the Miami incident and think his view is completely ignorant and exactly why our police forces are becoming militaristic entities. There is no way those officers should have engaged in that situation to begin with, let alone not care that they were effectively using innocent bystanders as human shields
  • Jim from Missouri
    Must listen
    Great show. Covers a lot of info. Very entertaining.keep up the good work! I always look forward it! Thanks, Jim, from the show me state.
  • Phillybnyr
    Cry baby gun dudes
    You r gonna take my guns so I vote trump as destroy farmers immigrants Jews etc White power guys love violence
  • timrouse
    OK most of the time, but some guests s*ck
    This podcast is good most of the time, but the two guests who I believe are Jake and Jake from TN are on, I usually skip. They do not seem to know much at all about the content that is being discussed, which leads me to believe they have not prepared. More of the same "I've got an iphone and a YouTube account; let's be "content creators." Newbies to the gun game. When these two guests aren't on, I'd rate it a four star podcast, with an occasional five-star.
  • Cmayz223
    Bye Felicia!!!
    Last weeks show was a disaster! The only way I can continue listening to this podcast is if TONY, gives a double “bye Felicia” this week to make up for his negligence. Zane saying, “bye Felicia” sounds like someone is holding a gun to his head and forcing him. He does not have the soul that Tony does when saying it. Furthermore, if Zane wants a catch phrase, he should end the show with something like, “low recoil Zane signing off.” And Chad, you should end the show with your famous “whatever.” In all seriousness, great show! By far my favorite firearms related podcast.
  • wildferret
    Another fantastic episode
    Informative podcast that sheds a light in our firearms world. Keep the info coming.
  • AdirondackMike
    Great podcast!
    Highly entertaining, great chemistry between all the characters on the show and lots of good information on what is going on in the 2A community.
  • Brad Texas damnit
    Great Show
    This show is great for keeping up with the latest news on firearms and the 2nd Amendment.
  • HarHarKim
    Ignorant guys talking about serious 2A issues.
    The guy with the raspy voice is an ignorant Xenophobe who thinks it’s ok to mispronounce foreign names. Comments like “Chinese or Korean or whatever” sounds like someone who’s never left his neighborhood his whole life. These guys give the 2A defenders a bad name.
  • Someguyonacouchsomewhere
    Disappointed
    This show was absolutely the best when Jake was hosting...and now the IQ level as well as guest quality, is right down the tubes. Really miss Jake, Peter, Ebbs, Nate and the rest of the crew.
  • Pupz3
    Good info!!!
    A great source for current headlines and breath of fresh air for a pro 2A point stance on firearm related news
  • Troutzilla
    Offensive and Prejudice
    The female host in this show is offensive and she is prejudice. I’m sorry but you don’t call black people, “Colored” and “People of Color” anymore.
  • EssEx 69
    Boring
    Nonsense
  • 21Listener
    Too busy trying to be comedy
    Used to love this show when it was hosted by Jake, it was informative and entertaining.... then the new host took over. I literally stopped listening to a previous show he hosted or co-hosted because he was obnoxious, then he killed this show too. Haven’t listened to this since this guys third show or so, only writing this review because it showed up as a recommendation and I’d forgotten about it.
  • Krista___B
    Very informative podcast
    Due to my job I often spend 5+ hours by myself. Love listening to all the FRN podcasts to pass the time. This Week in Guns quickly became one of my favorites! Very informative and I appreciate the different opinions on all the news stories.
  • Keljo22
    Guns, guns, and more gun news
    Love the show and passing along the word that the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.
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