How Guns Radicalized America: With Ryan Busse [Rebroadcast]

The Michael Steele Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, Government, History, News

4.8 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Note: This is a reupload of an episode that originally aired 4/26/23.

Ryan Busse once helped build one of the world's most iconic gun companies. Today, he's shining a light on how the gun industry radicalized America. Ryan speaks with Michael Steele about how the gun industry and the NRA have impacted American culture, why gun control laws don't pass, what role the GOP plays in protecting the Second Amendment and the importance of speaking truth to bullshit.

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Check out Ryan's book, "Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry that Radicalized America," here: https://www.amazon.com/Gunfight-Against-Industry-Radicalized-America/dp/1541768736

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0:00.0	There have been more mass shootings in 2023 than there have been days of the year.
0:10.0	163 mass shootings so far this year.
0:15.1	You have individuals like Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA
0:22.2	making assign comments like it's worth to have a cost of unfortunately some gun
0:28.8	deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment.
0:35.2	So it's okay to kill people to keep the Second Amendment.
0:41.8	In the face of this twisted gun culture, which continues to radicalize our politics and prevent any real efforts at solving questions around gun violence.
1:10.0	My guest today has written a compelling and important story as someone who once helped build one of the world's most iconic gun companies.
1:20.0	Ryan Busy is today an ardent advocate for stricter gun laws for a safer future for his sons and for our country.
1:32.0	He's the author of the new book Gun Fight,
1:34.7	my battle against the industry that radicalized America and he joins me for an
1:40.6	important conversation about how we as citizens regain the high ground on gun violence,
1:49.6	gun control, and the safety and security of our communities right after this.
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