Guns: Ryan Busse Loves Them But Sees the Need for Limits on How They’re Used & Sold

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🗓️ 14 April 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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The recent mass shootings in Sacramento, California, and at a subway station in Brooklyn, New York have prompted renewed calls for action on gun control. In this podcast episode, we gain a unique perspective on the raging debate with a former gun industry executive who says the NRA and its supporters have gone too far. Our guest, Ryan Busse grew up around guns— hunting and shooting with his father. He is a proud gun owner, hunter, and an avid outdoorsman, who lives in Montana. But today, Busse says that his industry radicalized large numbers of Americans, and argues it must change before gun violence can be reduced and our nation can heal. After a successful 30-year career, he decided to retire from the gun manufacturer he worked for, and write "Gunfight", a book that tells the inside story of a little-known industry. In this episode, we learn about Busse's lifelong love of guns and discuss his call for sensible rules of conduct.

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0:00.0	The recent mass shootings in Sacramento, California and at a subway station in Brooklyn, New
0:06.0	York prompted renewed calls for action on gun control.
0:10.7	In this episode, a unique perspective on the raging debate with a former gun industry
0:16.4	executive who says he loves guns, has more of them than he has counted.
0:21.6	But the NRA and its supporters, he says, have gone too far.
0:31.4	This is Let's Find Common Ground, a podcast about different ways of looking at the world.
0:36.9	I'm Richard Davies.
0:38.5	And I'm Ashley Melntite.
0:40.5	Our guest, Ryan Bussey, grew up around guns, hunting and shooting with his father.
0:45.5	He is still a proud gun owner, hunter and outdoorsman, and he lives in Montana.
0:50.4	For years, he was a successful executive in the gun industry, but then he quit.
0:56.2	Ryan says in recent years, the gun industry radicalized large numbers of Americans and that
1:02.2	it must change before gun violence can be reduced and our nation can heal.
1:08.0	Ryan wrote a book called Gun Fight, which tells the inside story of a little known industry.
1:14.0	First question from Ashley.
1:16.8	Ryan, you're a gun owner.
1:18.9	You grew up around guns and you enjoy using them, right?
1:23.4	I do.
1:24.4	Yes.
1:25.4	Not only did I grow up around guns, I helped build one of the most iconic firearms companies
1:31.2	in the United States and in the world.
1:33.4	And yes, I still very much enjoy using guns.
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