Also Montana Shooting Sports Association finalized its legislative agenda for the 2015 Montana Legislative Session…
Montana Shooting Sports Association Annual Meeting After Action Report
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US Supreme Court Declines to Hear MSSA v. Holder aka ‘Firearms Freedom Act’
The US Supreme Court has declined to accept the State of Montana’s separate petition to validate the principles of the Montana Firearms Freedom Act. We’re now at the end of this particular road…
Firearm Safety & Self Defense Class – April 12th 2014 – Missoula, MT
A course entitled “Gun Safety for Personal Protection and Concealed Weapon Permits” will be hosted in Missoula by the Montana Shooting Sports Association on Saturday, April 12th 2014, instructed by Gary Marbut…
Montana’s Right to Keep & Bear Arms Celebration Week Coming Soon
Montana’s official week to celebrate our right to keep and bear arms begins Monday, March 3rd. I urge you to plan some club, group or personal celebration for that week…
Mental Health & The Right to Keep and Bear Arms
This Thursday the Montana Legislature’s Law & Justice Interim Committee will hold a hearing to consider whether or not Montana should do more to capture mental health records & feed those into federal electronic systems, such as the NICS…
Montana Pro-Gun Laws Take Effect Today October 1st 2013
On Tuesday, October 1 2013, three important pro-gun laws take effect in Montana…
MT Gun Owners Health Care Privacy, Effective Oct 1st, Providers May NOT Ask About Guns
HB 459, now Montana law at 50-16-108, M.C.A., prohibits health care providers from asking patients questions about firearm ownership, possession or use…
Join Free Montanans to Protest the Bloomberg Anti-Gun Show Bus Tour
Here’s our tentative Plan for the Bloomberg Anti-Gun Show protest at the University of Montana, Thursday July 25th 2013…
Montana Prepares ‘Special Welcome’ for Bloomberg’s No Names Bus Tour
Mayors Against Illegal Guns is doing a bus tour of the US trying to drum up support for state-level and national gun control and Montana gun rights supporters are looking forward to his arrival….
MSSA Firearm Safety & Self Defense Class – June 23rd 2013, Missoula MT
A course entitled “Gun Safety for Personal Protection and Concealed Weapon Permits” will be hosted in Missoula by the Montana Shooting Sports Association on Sunday, June 23rd 2013…
Progressives Supporting ‘Mayors For Illegal Guns’ is a Great Joke
Anti freedom haters are so clueless they selected a photo for the ad of a man carrying a tripod, thinking it’s a rifle, bawh haha….
Anti Gun Org to Demonstrate in Bozeman MT Area – Noon Friday – Counter Protesters Needed
Mayor Bloomberg is attempting to organize a protest in Bozeman at Senator Max Baucus’s office to criticize Max for voting AGAINST enhanced gun-buy background checks…
Montana Management Plan Would Closes Public Land to Target Shooting
The Bureau of Land Management has released a plan to guide management of more than 434,000 acres of public land for the next 20 years…
Montana: Pro-Gun, Pro-Hunting Bills Go to the Governor for His Consideration
House Bill 302, introduced by state Representative Krayton Kerns (R-58), would prevent state enforcement of any federal ban on semi-automatic firearms and/or “large capacity” magazines….
Montana Firearms Freedom Act, MSSA v. Holder, Update from the Ninth Circuit Court
The three judges from the panel hearing oral arguments in MSSA v. Holder seemed interested in and attentive to the arguments made by MSSA’s counsel and counsel for amicus Goldwater Institute…
Montana Shooting Sports Association Legislative Update for Friday March 22nd 2013
A lot of action is happening on MSSA bills right now. The full rundown is below, so I’ll only cite bill numbers for the ones which need your action…
Montana Shooting Sports Association Invites Gun Manufactures to Move to Montana
You may have heard that Remington is thinking of bailing out of its plant in New York that has 1,300 employees…
Montana Pro Gun Bills Up For Second Reading Today
We are near the legislative “transmittal” date, February 29th, the date by which all House bills must be transmitted to the Senate, and Senate bills to the House. Any bills which don’t make “Transmittal” are lost…
Tester Hails New Outdoor Recreation Report Showing Boost for Economy
Senator Jon Tester today announced that outdoor recreation creates 64,000 jobs in the Big Sky State and contributes nearly $6 billion to Montana’s economy…
Game Time Montana – Support A Batch Of Pro-Gun Bills Next Week
This coming week in Montana, we will have THREE “gun bills” days, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday! in which two committees will consider about 12 PRO-GUN bills…
Public Hearing Friday on Montana’s Firearms Locked In Student Vehicles Bill
HB 384 is MSSA’s bill to clarify that firearms locked in student vehicles in school parking lots do not subject a student to a mandatory one-year expulsion from school…
Montana Shooting Sports Association Bills Scheduled For Hearings – A Bunch Of Them
A bunch of MSSA bills have been scheduled for public hearings before the House Judiciary Committee on the mornings of February 12th and 13th…
Montana: CWP Confidentiality Bill Headed to Senate Floor
This legislation is a much-needed reform which would make all information relating to concealed weapon permit (CWP) holders confidential…
Montana Firearms Freedom Act Suit on the Move
FINALLY the Ninth Circuit has scheduled MSSA v. Holder for oral argument on March 4th, in Portland, Oregon…
Montana Shooting Sports Association 2012 Candidate Grades & Endorsements
MSSA evaluates candidates based on voting records of incumbents, on returned MSSA Candidate Questionnaires, and on other information known about candidates.
After-Action Report – Montana GOP Convention
The loss of highly energized Republicans, people who could have been kept at the oars of the Republican ship, will make winning the November election incrementally more difficult.
Montana Republican Governor Primary Candidate Assessment
I feel MSSA owes its members at least some information about the various candidates.
US Supreme Court Issues Stay On Montana Free Speech Case
More colloquially, the United States Supreme Court just smacked the knuckles of the Montana Supreme Court with the proverbial teacher’s ruler.
Important 2012 Race in Big Sky Country
One of the most important elections is taking place in Montana, where Steve Daines is running for the state’s lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives…
Montana Shooting Sports Association Lawsuits Update
A couple of you have asked for an update on the lawsuits MSSA is involved in. There are two in process and one maybe in the works…