https://missoulian.com/opinion/columnists/being-pro-gun-also-means-being-pro-responsibility-we-must-oppose-hb102/article_f601b1b0-17e1-5e60-9136-ebe2e5aa4981.html

Being pro-gun also means being pro-responsibility: We must oppose HB102

Like so many Montanans, I grew up with a rifle in one hand and a shotgun in the other.

I converted my love of shooting into a 25-year career in the firearms industry. I helped build an iconic international gun company. I sold millions of guns. I've won awards, even been a finalist for the “Firearms Industry Person of the Year,” which is the industry’s highest honor. It’s an award that has also been bestowed on firearms royalty like Charlton Heston and Bill Ruger.

I've got a long history with guns, but I never forgot the lessons that my father taught me. “Be safe, be responsible, guns can take a life in an instant.”

As a boy, I learned the rules in hunter’s safety class and I followed the mandated safety procedures before every single gun industry event. House Bill 102 does away with this kind of common sense. If enacted, people without any permit could carry concealed guns into bars and college campuses across our state. Of course the sponsors of the bill mandate that permits are required around their offices in Helena, but not for the rest of us. Safety is important, but I guess it's only important for them.

I know first hand that we need to minimize the likelihood of violence, not increase it. This spring my young son was attacked in Kalispell by armed “Second Amendment patriots” at a local peaceful demonstration. They used their guns to frighten and intimidate. I stepped in to defend my son and it slowly diffused, but the situation could have gone very wrong. I shudder to think what might have happened if alcohol or the emotion of late night college parties would have been involved.

I am among the many Montanans who own and appreciate guns, but I also know that citizens of our state understand we must also be advocates for responsibility. Montana boasts of a wonderful common sense and deep down all of us know that protecting our rights also means avoiding extremist policies that only increase the likelihood of bloodshed. Montana House Bill 102 will not make us safer. It is not a pro-gun bill. It is an anti-responsibility bill.

I believe strongly in the Second Amendment, I own plenty of guns, I shoot with my boys every chance I get and I believe in the right to protect my family. But I also believe in responsibility, safety, training and common sense. This bill is the equivalent of waving flames over open gasoline; the sort of action every ranch kid like me knows is reckless.

Permitless concealed carry, guns on college campuses and in bars? These are policies that make gun tragedy more likely and there is nothing patriotic about that.

Ryan Busse was raised on a ranch where he learned to hunt and shoot. He helped build the gun company Kimber while serving as its vice president. Busse has also served as board chair for Montana Conservation Voters and as North American board chair for Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. He lives in Kalispell.

MT is lost.

That's one way to end your career

Literally “I believe in the Second Amendment, but ...”

So he's retarded...affirmative action hire?

I guess he really doesn't think much of his state, because these problems aren't an issue in the other 17 states that have constitutional carry.

I guess he doesn't think Montanans can handle the same responsibility that all its neighbors and many other states do.

Piss off elitist fudd

It shows in their shitty product line.

If that's his actual Twitter when you Google him im not surprised one bit. Typical never Trumper.

Peaceful demonstration?

LoL

Fuck it, fire him.

The whole country is lost. We just watched it be stolen.

Was the kid counter protesting a 2nd Amendment March in Kalispell or something?

Ryan Busse is a well known commie piece of shit in this state.

Wow. Thats exactly what pro gun buyers of his products want to hear. "You aren't responsible enough to carry my product without a piece of paper from ther government."

He doesn’t even believe in it. The 2nd is keep and bare arms..

These people are the most dangerous people to our cause.

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Yep.  We sat here, ate popcorn, and looked at memes.

"I believe strongly in the Second Amendment, I own plenty of guns, I shoot with my boys every chance I get and I believe in the right to protect my family. But..."

Every time.

Go look at his facebook. He is well beyond a fudd, he is a full out libtard.

https://www.facebook.com/ryan.busse.39

I don't believe his libtarded account of events.

Feeling is mutual. I can't stand a Kimber either.

FUDDs are a more dangerous enemy to the 2A than outright gun grabbers are.

He and his son were at a BLM event?

Do people really give a fuck about Kimber?

Yeah a couple of minutes of research shows that.

Very pro democrat and anti conservative. Kimber should fire his worthless ass.

Newsflash: the 2nd amendment isn’t for hunting caribou

Well, fuck that guy

Sounds like a gigantic pussy. Oh my guns in bars and schools??!!! The horror.

Shall not be infringed motherfucker.

Yup. Typical "outdoorsman". Fuck yourself, faggot.

After this I will be surprised if they keep him. Let Kimber know what you think of his letter.

Holy hell

It’s obvious he isn’t pro gun, considering the issues Kimbers have right out of the box.

How does a piece of paper or a law or anything make a person responsible? It has nothing to do with it. Why can't people understand that?

I was thinking we all ought to write Kimber.

Is he still employed by Kimber though ? One of his facebook posts kind of imply he may have left his previous life in the gun industry. He didn't like the enviroment and where it was going

The number of people that truly believe in freedom and liberty is extremely small, even on this forum.

When you anything and at the end you say, "But"
Everything you said is meaningless.

Phone decided it's become self aware. Gonna post as it sees fit.

Pretentious prick is what he is.

Fuck that piece of shit.

I wish a wasn't already boycotting Kimber, I would boycott them again

Thanks! I definitely will not buy a Kimber now.

Fuck him.

I believe in the second amendment but citizens are just not responsible enough....

Fuck outta here!

The best part is HB 102 will become law and Busse and the rest of the Montana Democrats can't do a fucking thing to stop it. Let them yell at the sky.

I thought there was a member here went to a “Backcountry Hunters and Anglers” group meeting and it was a bunch of libs and fudds.

Ho Lee Shit

Never been so proud to say that I have never owned a Kimber. And never will.

A big shot at the BHA. No surprise there.

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@ThereBeDragoons

I knew he hated accuracy in his bolt actions and reliability in his 1911s, but this is new.

Damn that's as retarded as someone in oil & gas voting Biden.....they exist by the droves, unfortunately.