In 1991, there was a tremendous controversy in the Legislature over whether or not Montana should adopt Martin Luther King Day as a paid state holiday.
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Jon Tester (D) Rated ‘F’ ~ Montana’s 2024 Candidate Ratings Are Out!
Jon Tester (D) fails again. This election is pivotal in maintaining our freedoms. Voters are urged to support pro-gun candidates and ensure they are registered to vote.
Montana Supreme Court 2024 Candidates: Why Your Choices Are Pretty Awful
They hide behind an alleged canon of judicial ethics saying they cannot comment on anything that might come before them on the court. So, voters are expected to buy a pig in a poke
Montana Bus Line Removes Unconstitutional Ban on Weapons
The Montana Shooting Sports Association has convinced the Montana Urban Transportation District to remove its unconstitutional ban on the carry or transport of weapons on its buses.
Montana Banning Discharge Of Firearms In Array Of Places Labeled “Public Use Sites”
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, proposes banning discharge of firearms in a wide array of places labeled as “public use sites.”
Montana Sheriff Believes in Armed Citizenry, Says 2A ‘Not About Hunting’
Cascade County, Mont. Sheriff Jesse Slaughter calls himself a “constitutional conservative” and he left no mystery about his position on the subject of Second Amendment rights.
Regents v Montana, The Philosophical Argument For The Right of Campus Carry
Have no confusion about this. This is a bare power struggle between the education industry and the people of Montana. The Montana Board of Regents claims they are above the will of the people?
Montana: Senator Tester Refuses to Commit to Protecting Your Gun Rights
That Tester has elected to avoid any such dialog, is not creating any hope that he will actively oppose gun control in the U.S. Senate. Montana deserves better.
Montana: Governor Signs Second Amendment State Sanctuary & Constitutional Carry Bills
Governor Gianforte has signed the full Constitutional Carry bill (HB 102) and Second Amendment Sanctuary bill (HB 258) for the republic of Montana.
Armed Rallies At State Capitols? Beware: Potential False Flag Event
Some claim that such proposals are provocateur efforts to create false flag incidents to demonize gun owners. I can’t say for sure, but that’s possible.
Montana Referendum on Preemption, LR-130 – Open Letter to Missoula City Council
I suggest the Missoula City Council begin the process now for revising whatever Missoula ordinances will need to be changed to bring them into compliance with the state law LR-130 that will become…
Firearm Purchase Delays in Montana & the Danger of Universal Background Checks
This problem is just one reason it is so important not to let the anti-gunners or a Biden Administration “close the gun show loophole” by invoking a “universal background check” on used firearms.
Montana: MSSA Candidate Grades & Endorsements for 2020 General Election
Montana Shooting Sports Association’s 2020 General Election candidate grades and endorsements are now posted on our website at www.progunleaders.org.
Of Liberty and Shopping Carts
There is no reward for delivering a shopping cart to the nearest collection point in a store parking lot. It’s just good behavior and is it’s own reward.
Stand Up For Your Towns: Briefing Sheet For Community Guards
Some have asked if there is a briefing sheet for how community guards would function to protect their communities from the mayhem that has been in the news.
Open Letter to Montana Governor Bullock RE: Covid 19 Hunting Restrictions?
Montana people will NOT comply. By trying to stop hunting you would just create more outlaws and disrespect for government and law…
Attack on Self-Defense Insurance: Under-Reported News
States with anti-gun leadership [read Democrats] are trying to eliminate any sort of insurance that will help protect a gun owner if a gun owner should be forced to use a gun in self-defense.
Montana: Fire Code, Powder, and Primers ~ VIDEO
We all know that sporting goods stores stock plenty of smokeless powder and small arms primers for ammunition reloading. How that became possible in Montana involves a story.
Read Montana’s Right to Keep and Bear Arms 2020 Ballot Issue LR-130
Some Montana gun owners have asked me where they can actually read LR-130, the November ballot issue to protect our Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
What has the Montana Shooting Sports Association Done For You?
No other pro-gun political entity in the US, heck in the World, has the exemplary string of successes that Montana Shooting Sports Association can claim.
Help Support Montana’s Own Be Safe, Gun Safety For Kids
Montana Shooting Sports Association needs your active help. We need to crank up delivery of MSSA’s Be Safe, gun safety program for kids, to the children of Montana.
Gun Control, Projection, And Poor Impulse Control
They cannot grasp or admit that there are other people so stable that we wouldn’t run amok and injure innocents if we are allowed to possess guns. Therefore, they want laws to prevent everyone..
First Shot In Liberals’ Campaign Against Montana’s Much Needed Preemption Fix
Given this Missoulian position, one supposes that the Missoulian would also support a Missoula ordinance requiring prior government approval before publishing an editorial or news story?
Analysis of Governor Bullock’s Veto of Montana’s Much Needed Preemption Reform Bill
Governor Bullock’s veto message for HB 325 is so laden with and influenced by distrust of and hate for Montana gun owners that it only demonstrates that this document is a political rant.
Gov. Bullock VETOs MT’s Preemption Fix Law, Leaving a Patchwork Of Gun Control
It’s no surprise that the Governor was highly disingenuous in his veto message giving his reason for this veto. For example, he says HB 325 would allow felons to bring guns into schools, even though..
Montana Fix Missoula Bill, HB 325, Goes To Governor, This Will Be Interesting
HB 325 is MSSA’s “fix Missoula” bill, to amend the Montana “preemption law” at 45-8-351 to prevent ongoing abuse of the law that limits all local government’s power to regulate firearms.
Montana State Legislative Update for March 2nd 2019
Montana legislators are now on their mid-session break. Yes, the legislative session is half way done. It’s time for an update about the various measures Montana Shooting Sports Association is working
Update: HB 226 MSSA’s Bill To Exempt Nonprofit Shooting Ranges From MT Property Taxes
The Fiscal Note for HB 226 estimated the impact at zero because it says it is unknown how many shooting ranges might drop off the tax rolls if HB 226 were enacted.
Wrap-Up From Last Week In The Montana Legislature, Jan 28th to Feb 1st 2019
HB 325 would roll back local government authority to regulate firearms under Montana’s “preemption law” at 45-8-351, in order to curb abuse of that statute by Missoula and other communities, and to pr
Bump Stock Ban – Cutting Through The Chatter
News headlines say that the BATFE has banned “bump stocks.” What are bump stocks and what does this mean?