REBROADCAST - DOJ Supports Gun Control Law; New ATF Director; Supreme Court Gaga For Guns
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🗓️ 18 January 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
-- Why is U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi supporting the National Firearms Act, which regulates silencers and short barrel rifles?
-- The Post Office pushes back on concealed carry. John Petrolino has the secret memo sent to employees.
-- The U.S. Supreme Court is considering more Second Amendment cases when it has already accepted two this session. What's going on here?
Gun Talk 01.18.26 Hour 3
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| 0:00.0 | The Ruger Light Rack Security 380 is easy to shoot and easy to rack. |
| 0:05.7 | Small enough to carry concealed or in a purse, big enough to absorb recoil. |
| 0:11.2 | Learn more at Ruger.com. |
| 0:14.2 | Hey, everybody. Tom Gresham here. |
| 0:16.4 | I'm actually traveling to Shotshow right now. |
| 0:19.1 | So here's a reloaded version of a great gun talk show. |
| 0:22.8 | All right. So President Trump is named Robert Cicada as his pick to lead the ATF. He's been at the |
| 0:31.0 | ATF for 20 years. And I know people say, well, then he's part of the problem. Well, maybe. |
| 0:39.0 | But a lot of people who I respect are saying this is a really good choice. |
| 0:43.0 | He was one of the ones who was working to get the ATF off of its zero tolerance policy |
| 0:49.5 | where they were closing down FFLs under Biden. |
| 0:53.8 | The NSSF National Shooting Sports Foundation said it's a very good thing. |
| 0:57.7 | They've been working with him, and they think he's going to be good. |
| 1:00.7 | Now, the gun control groups are going to, and the Democrats, but I repeat myself, they're going to oppose him, of course, |
| 1:09.8 | because they don't think he's going to be strong enough at trying to destroy our Second Amendment rights, which is one of the things the ATF has worked on for some years now. |
| 1:20.1 | Well, keep an eye on this. |
| 1:21.3 | It's going to be very interesting to watch, but it could be a good thing. |
| 1:25.9 | Well, it's going to be better than what we had in the past. |
| 1:29.5 | I don't know that it can be worse, actually, and all signs point to it being better, |
| 1:34.5 | so we'll keep our fingers crossed, and I'll keep you posted on that. |
| 1:38.7 | Let's see. Let's go to line five. Chris is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Hey, Chris, you're on Gun Talk. |
| 1:44.0 | What's in your mind, sir? |
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