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What A Day

Decoding Recent Supreme Court Gun Rulings

What A Day

Crooked Media

News, Daily News

4.6 • 12K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

The Supreme Court has been busy releasing opinions. Last week, it ruled against a ten billion dollar lawsuit from Mexico against American gun manufacturers. The Mexican government had alleged that US gun companies were fueling cartel violence south of the border. But in a unanimous opinion, liberal Justice Elena Kagan wrote that the lawsuit didn’t reach the burden required by a 2005 law. The court declined to take up two other gun cases: one challenging Maryland’s ban on semi-automatic weapons and the other challenging Rhode Island’s ban on high-capacity magazines. To talk more about the Supreme Court’s decisions (and lack of decisions) and what this means for gun policy, we spoke to Stephen Gutowski. He runs The Reload, a news outlet dedicated to firearms and the gun debate. And in headlines: The US and China (kinda) reach a trade agreement, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard warns of a nuclear holocaust, and the White House Rose Garden gets a makeover.

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0:00.0

It's Thursday, June 12th. I'm Jane Koston, and this is what a day, the show that sends its best to Beach Boys great Brian Wilson, who has passed away at the age of 82.

0:11.2

If you listen to God Only Knows on high-quality headphones, you will ascend to a higher plane of existence.

0:20.1

On today's show, President Donald Trump says he's restoring the names of Confederate generals to military bases.

0:26.0

He's not.

0:27.0

And Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard warns of a nuclear holocaust.

0:31.7

But let's start with guns.

0:33.9

A lot has been happening pretty much everywhere.

0:36.9

So you may have missed the Supreme Court making three very important decisions on gun policy.

0:42.1

Well, technically, the court made one very important decision, but decided not to make two more.

0:47.7

Let me explain.

0:48.9

Last week, the Supreme Court ruled against a $10 billion lawsuit from Mexico against American gun manufacturers.

0:56.1

The Mexican government had alleged that U.S. gun companies were fueling cartel violence south of the

1:00.7

border. But, in a unanimous opinion, liberal justice Elena Kagan wrote that the lawsuit didn't

1:06.3

reach the burden required by a 2005 law. The protection of Lawful Commerce and Arms Act protects gun manufacturers

1:13.4

from lawsuits brought because of misuse of their products. But the court declined to take up

1:18.6

two other gun cases, one challenging Maryland's ban on semi-automatic weapons, the other

1:24.4

challenging Rhode Island's ban on high-capacity magazines.

1:31.4

This is all happening in the context of President Trump's return to the Oval Office.

1:36.3

And back in 2017, gun rights advocates were thrilled to see him in the White House.

1:41.3

But then and now, Trump's gun policy bona fides are complicated.

1:46.9

See, no one was more excited to go and speak at the National Rifle Association's annual convention than Trump, except for this year for some reason. And his administration has lifted

1:52.6

a bunch of Biden-era gun control measures. But after the Las Vegas mass shooting in 2017,

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