Ryan Busse is a Democratic candidate for governor in Montana.

He threw his hat into the ring to take on incumbent Greg Gianforte earlier this fall.

For more than a quarter of a century, the Kansas native has lived in the Kalispell area. For most of that time, he was working as an executive in the firearm industry.

Seeing so many school shootings — and some tough talks with his wife Sara — led Busse to leave the gun industry. Then he wrote a book about it titled “Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry That Radicalized America.”

Busse’s last name is not pronounced like actor Gary Busey. He also doesn’t have the crazy eyes and hair like Busey. What Busse does have, though, is a passion for Montana. That passion shines through in this podcast.

Yesterday, he was in Butte, and we met at the M&M for a fun talk.

Listen in as Mr. Busse talks about transitioning out of the gun industry. Listen to hear how he still loves guns, and he can’t even count how many he currently owns. Listen in to hear how Busse found some common ground with his neighbor with a Trump flag and a butcher wearing a Trump hat.

Listen in to hear that Busse was a pretty decent college baseball player and how he has no preference in the Nov. 18 Cat-Griz football game. He says he isn’t even playing politics with that declaration.

Gov. Gianforte, by the way, is also invited to make an appearance on this podcast to retort.

The following video was dropped when Busse announced he was running for governor. The viral video was discussed in this podcast.