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Adolphus Busch IV Resigns From NRA Board After Gun Control Defeat In Senate
Posted: 04/18/2013 7:17 pm EDT
WASHINGTON -- Adolphus Busch IV, heir to the Busch family brewing fortune, resigned his position on the board of the National Rifle Association on Thursday, writing in a letter to NRA President David Keene, "I fail to see how the NRA can disregard the overwhelming will of its members who see background checks as reasonable."
The resignation, first reported by KSDK, came a day after the Senate rejected a series of amendments to a gun control bill, including a bipartisan deal to expand background checks for gun sales. The NRA had vigorously opposed all those measures.
"The NRA I see today has undermined the values upon which it was established," wrote Busch, who also dropped his NRA membership. "Your current strategic focus clearly places priority on the needs of gun and ammunition manufacturers while disregarding the opinions of your 4 million individual members."
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Busch told Keene, "It disturbs me greatly to see this rigid new direction of the NRA." He singled out the gun lobby's reversal of its 1999 position in favor of universal background checks, as well as its opposition to an assault weapons ban and a ban on high-capacity magazines. "I am simply unable to comprehend how assault weapons and large capacity magazines have a role in your vision," he wrote.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/18/adolphus-busch-iv-nra_n_3112750.html
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)(Still ain't buying their beer, but this is a good move...)
FSogol
(45,357 posts)BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)It means a a hell of a lot of people who buy his beer.
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)if he hasn't resigned all ready.
NoGOPZone
(2,971 posts)Heather MC
(8,084 posts)More NRA members need to quit
hvn_nbr_2
(6,481 posts)Corporate leaders who have offended their customer base have recently gotten chastised a bit.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)New Headline: Adolphus Busch IV Resigns From NRA After Gun Control Defeat In Senate
WASHINGTON -- Adolphus Busch IV, heir to the Busch family brewing fortune, resigned his lifetime membership in the National Rifle Association on Thursday, writing in a letter to NRA President David Keene, "I fail to see how the NRA can disregard the overwhelming will of its members who see background checks as reasonable."
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CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story stated incorrectly that Adolphus Busch IV had resigned his membership on the NRA board. Busch was not a member of the board.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/18/adolphus-busch-iv-nra_n_3112750.html
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)denverbill
(11,489 posts)HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)Lint Head
(15,064 posts)justanidea
(291 posts)BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)But your statement may be correct, particularly when you consider that his product may be involved in a lot of those gun deaths.
sheshe2
(83,341 posts)ShadowLiberal
(2,237 posts)This should be a big story so soon after a high profile defeat of gun legislation that even high ranking officials in the NRA think the NRA has gone too far.
MrBig
(640 posts)If only his words would carry to more people within the organization.
Pisces
(5,592 posts)mick063
(2,424 posts)that any gun legislation was like trying to legislate the wind or the rain. Such things will happen regardless of what dumb laws you try to pass.
I told him that was funny because there was a state legislature that recently outlawed the rising of the oceans. Might as well legislate wind, rain, and guns while they are at it.
Of course his disbelief forced me to show him this link