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  Montana gun exec's support of Obama prompts uproar
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News DateSunday, November 2, 2008 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionThe board of directors for a small Montana gun manufacturer asked the company's president to resign after word that he supports Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama led to calls on pro-gun Web sites to boycott the company's products.

Dan Cooper, who co-founded Cooper Firearms of Montana, Inc., could not be reached for comment Friday. But he told USA Today on Thursday that he had resigned his post to protect the company's employees.

"When the Internet anger turned on these innocent people, I felt it was important to distance myself from the company so as not to cause any further harm," he said in a statement to the newspaper.

In a statement posted on its Web site early Friday but later removed, the Stevensville company said its employees, shareholders and board of directors do not share Cooper's political views. The executive was quoted in recent news stories as an Obama supporter, and has donated money to the campaign.

Word of Cooper's support for Obama spread on pro-gun Web sites, with some posting messages calling for a boycott of Cooper Firearms and others labeling the gun executive a traitor.

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