An heir to the Anheuser-Busch fortune has resigned his membership in protest to the NRA after the U.S. Senate voted to defeat background checks for guns. According to the New York Daily News, Adolphus Busch IV, a member of the Busch brewing family and heir to the Anheuser-Busch fortune, "terminated his ([lifetime] membership to the NRA" Thursday, after learning that the U.S. Senate had rejected expanded background checks. The push for expanded background checks was prompted in part by the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut in December, 2012.
According to both the New York Daily News and the Huffington Post, Busch sent "a forceful letter" (NYDaily News) to NRA President David Keene in which he wrote, "I fail to see how the NRA can disregard the overwhelming well of its members who see background checks as reasonable."
According to both articles, the resignation was first reported by KSDK.
The NRA had "vigorously opposed" expanded background checks for those wanting to purchase guns.
Read more at KSDK, the New York Daily News, and the Huffington Post
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