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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.
Open Letter to Montana Governor Bullock, Please Approve First Amendment Restrictions
Oh, and there will be a ten-day waiting period after your writing or when you pen a speech so you may reconsider your intent or language after you’ve had a few days to cool down.
A Modest Proposal: Sensible Regulation of Books
A system must be devised to help ensure that books are only published, distributed and sold by responsible persons, and only purchased by people without a criminal history.
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?
Montana: Get Ready For The Upcoming Legislative Session
In order for you to be prepared to participate effectively in the legislative process, once the Montana legislative session begins early in January, you need to understand the process.
Democrat Kathleen Williams Proposes A $200 Million Tax On Montana Gun Owners
With one million magazines in Montana and a $200 NFA tax for each one by Williams is where the $200 million tax on Montana gun owners comes from.
Gun Group Weighs in on Effort to Revive Failed & Fake “Gun Safety” Ordinance
“Not only is this ordinance a misguided attempt at public policy,” said MSSA president Gary Marbut, “but it is being fraudulently sold to the public as a ‘gun safety’ measure. Calling a gun control me
‘Be Safe, Gun Safety For Kids’ Group Encourages Widespread Gun Safety Education
Over 100,000 copies of the Be Safe gun safety instructions have been distributed to Montana schools, gun clubs, and parents since the inception of the program.
Consent of the Governed & Informed Juries
There is one available mechanism whereby consent of the governed, or lack thereof, may be expressed very directly. That is through the power of informed jurie
Firearms, Self Defense, and Insurance Answers
Some companies (e.g., The Hartford) have denied insurance to homeowners on the disclosure that they own firearms, proceed with caution.
Mental Health & Gun Violence: What Do We Know
Another school shooting could much worse than the recent shooting in Florida. How many children could a madman shoot in the target-rich environment of a school?
Outlaw “Bump Fire” Stocks? Here Is Why You Should Care…
Bump fire stocks are stupid & a waste of ammo. But, that’s not the issue here. The real issue is another assault on the Right to Keep & Bear Arms.
Montana Gun Owners Dodge Bullet with Gianforte’s Defeat of Quist
Can there really be such a thing as a “pro-gun Democrat”?
Montana Friends, Time To Saddle Up & Get Behind Our Bills
Montana Shooting Sports Association will have three bills up for their first committee public hearing in Helena this coming week…
Complaint Filed Against NYC Everytown for Gun Safety Attorney in Montana
It is a criminal act in Montana for a person who is not licensed to practice law to hold himself out as an attorney and to provide legal advice or services….