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Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry that Radicalized America | Ryan Busse
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A former firearms executive pulls back the curtain on America's multibillion-dollar gun industry, exposing how it fostered extremism and racism, radicalizing the nation and bringing cultural division to a boiling point. As an avid hunter, outdoorsman, and conservationistall things that the firearms industry was built onRyan Busse chased a childhood dream and built a successful career selling millions of firearms for one of Americas most popular gun companies. But blinded by the promise of massive profits, the gun industry abandoned its self-imposed decency in favor of hardline conservatism and McCarthyesque internal policing, sowing irreparable division in our politics and society. That drove Busse to do something few other gun executives have done: he's ending his 30-year career in the industry to show us how and why we got here. Gunfight is an insiders call-out of a wild, secretive, and critically important industry. It shows us how America's gun industry shifted from prioritizing safety and ethics to one that is addicted to fear, conspiracy, intolerance, and secrecy. It recounts Busse's personal transformation and shows how authoritarianism spreads in the guise of freedom, how voicing one's conscience becomes an act of treason in a culture that demands sameness and loyalty. Gunfight offers a valuable perspective as the nation struggles to choose between armed violence or healing.
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HeatherBookNerd
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As a gun company executive for over 25 years, Busse explains the dangerous shift in the politicization and proliferation of guns over the last 10-20 years. The book is a memoir of his journey from a farm boy, with a love of nature and a hunting and guns, to a man distressed at the ways the gun industry was encouraging lethal gun violence, ignoring safety in favor of profit, and fracturing our society. A must-read book about the gun industry.

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Busse, former Kimber executive, speaks of the bifurcation of an industry he used to love. Part memoir, part commentary on the business. He thoughtfully addresses the shift in the NRA / the industry / his company, including the extreme politicization and polarization. I appreciate his honesty and boldness. People can grow and change, and speak truth to bullshit. One of my top nonfiction reads of the year!

SamAnne He's done good work with this. 1y
HeatherBookNerd Listening to this one right now 1y
britt_brooke @HeatherBookNerd Would love to hear what you think! 1y
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britt_brooke
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This puzzle is gonna be … challenging. 😅🎧🧩 #audiopuzzling

thegirlwiththelibrarybag It could never be me! Best of luck 🤞🏼 1y
britt_brooke @thegirlwiththelibrarybag 😂 It‘s hard to find a starting point. I‘m trying though! 1y
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Very interesting story about the author‘s life growing up and eventually working in the gun industry. His first hand experience leads his message about the radicalization of America through gun lobbyists and organizations. I appreciated his message and integrity throughout the book.