For years, he was a prominent player in the gun industry. But with every school shooting, things became more and more fraught.
From his desk, Ryan Busse could hear his boss ranting that the country’s largest gun manufacturer, Smith and Wesson, had betrayed its peers in the industry. Just a year after the 1999 mass shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado, Smith and Wesson had
Busse grew up on a cattle ranch in northwestern Kansas, and as a young boy had a lever-action rifle that he used to shoot rabbits and tin cans. His father, a stern but kind-hearted man who cared for their livestock from the predawn hours until he fell into his chair at the supper table, had little time to play with his three children. But pheasant hunting was an exception.
Busse in the woods behind his home with his two hunting dogs, Aldo Leopold and Teddy Roosevelt. Both dogs are named after historic conservationists Busse admires.“The NRA and the industry praised conservation and wild spaces and hunters and tradition, but if any of those things were contradictory to their right-wing politics, they were easily sacrificed,” Busse told The Trace. “And to me, that’s supposed to be pretty foundational. If that’s the way it’s going to go, everything can be sacrificed.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Former Iranian central bank chief sentenced to 10 years on corruption chargesA former governor of Iran’s Central Bank, Valiollah Seif, was sentenced on Saturday to 10 years in prison on corruption charges involving the mismanagement of millions of dollars, the judiciary said.
Read more »
Former President Clinton expects to be discharged from Orange County hospital on SundayFormer President Clinton expected to be discharged from Orange County hospital on Sunday
Read more »
Former U.S. President Clinton making progress but will remain in hospitalFormer U.S. President Bill Clinton will remain overnight in a Southern California hospital following a urological infection, but he has continued to make 'excellent progress' and is expected to be discharged on Sunday, his spokesman said in a statement on Saturday.
Read more »
Former President Clinton released from hospital following infectionLATEST: Former President Clinton has been released from the hospital and will return home to New York, chair of the department of medicine and executive director of the Hospital Medicine at UC Irvine Health says.
Read more »
Former U.S. President Clinton leaves hospital, will return to New YorkFormer U.S. President Bill Clinton walked out of a Southern California hospital on Sunday after being admitted last week for a urological infection, live video showed.
Read more »
Former President Bill Clinton leaves hospital following blood infectionBREAKING: Former President Bill Clinton is out of this hospital after being hospitalized on Tuesday with a blood infection, the hospital said in a statement.
Read more »