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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.

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

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MT is lost.

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

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A big shot at the BHA. No surprise there.

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/380475/9640844A-8A34-4CCD-B0D0-4AADA74D06C2_jpe-1796841.JPG

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Do people really give a fuck about Kimber?

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

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

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Peaceful demonstration?

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He's a nobody, former VP of sales and doesn't even work there anymore.

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I'd love to know the real story of what occurred with his son.

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What are the chances that “attacked” really means his son saw a crowd open carrying through a closed car window and pissed his pants?

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I'd love to know the real story of what occurred with his son.

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Fuck Kimber?

Is it too soon?

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I'd love to know the real story of what occurred with his son.

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That's one way to end your career

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

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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.

Ryan Busse Jan 20

15 days ago I watched thousands of unhinged, hateful enemies of our country try to install a dictator.