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The Al Franken Podcast

54: Former Firearms Exec & NRA Member, Ryan Busse, Exposes the Dark Underbelly of the Gun Industry

The Al Franken Podcast

The Al Franken Podcast

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4.67.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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This Best-Of Repeat is Chilling

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, we got a great one today. Now, this is a repeat. This is a repeat of, I think,

0:10.2

one of our very, very, very best, Ryan Bussie, who was a big deal in the gun industry,

0:19.5

at a certain point, had to kind of turn against the gun industry.

0:26.1

And that's what this interview is about.

0:28.7

He's from Montana, grew up with guns, grew up hunting with his dad, you know, like so many

0:36.7

Minnesotans, and then went into the gun business and was kind of a hero in the gun business in many ways.

0:44.2

He didn't make, you know, AR-15s.

0:47.8

He didn't make assault weapons.

0:50.7

But at a certain point he broke broke with him and

0:55.6

you're just going to

0:57.9

really love this guy that's why I want to

1:00.6

play this again

1:03.2

and part of the reason we're doing this is

1:05.9

I've had COVID

1:07.0

by the time you hear this I'll be fine

1:10.2

I'm certain of it I'm on the mend as it is I think I'm COVID, by the time you hear this, I'll be fine.

1:16.2

I'm certain of it. I'm on the mend as it is. I think I'm okay now.

1:24.6

But this one you are going to just love, you know, for a change.

1:37.6

Ryan is a guy who's worked in the gun industry until you're out of it now, is that right?

1:38.4

I'm out of it now, yep.

1:39.7

Kind of forced out, would you say?

1:44.6

Sadly, yeah, I think so.

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