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slapmonkay

slapmonkay

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Metalhead47 said:
Doesn't mt have full preemption over parks?
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Unfortunately No. This is the only major gripe I have about MT gun laws.

MCA 45-8-351 said:
45-8-351. Restriction on local government regulation of firearms. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a county, city, town, consolidated local government, or other local government unit may not prohibit, register, tax, license, or regulate the purchase, sale or other transfer (including delay in purchase, sale, or other transfer), ownership, possession, transportation, use, or unconcealed carrying of any weapon, including a rifle, shotgun, handgun, or concealed handgun.
(2) (a) For public safety purposes, a city or town may regulate the discharge of rifles, shotguns, and handguns. A county, city, town, consolidated local government, or other local government unit has power to prevent and suppress the carrying of concealed or unconcealed weapons to a public assembly, publicly owned building, park under its jurisdiction, or school, and the possession of firearms by convicted felons, adjudicated mental incompetents, illegal aliens, and minors.
(b) Nothing contained in this section allows any government to prohibit the legitimate display of firearms at shows or other public occasions by collectors and others or to prohibit the legitimate transportation of firearms through any jurisdiction, whether in airports or otherwise.
(c) A local ordinance enacted pursuant to this section may not prohibit a legislative security officer who has been issued a concealed weapon permit from carrying a concealed weapon in the state capitol as provided in 45-8-317.
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vermonter

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oldranger53 said:
Missoula is now very liberal. If you OC there you're likely to be inspecting the muzzle ends of LEOs weapons. If you're lucky you won't be shot or tazed while they're figuring out if you are a BG.
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Where do you people get your off-the-wall opinions and lack of facts? Here is the state law in Montana and all LE knows it. No cops are pulling guns on Open Carriers in Missoula or anywhere else in Monatana. Here is the law that PASSED in 2009. It is not OC is legal b/c there is no law against it, it is OC is legal b/c the state now AUTHORIZES it:

(MONTANA) Legislation - Bill Passed into LAW - HB-228 (House) - Feb. 10, 2009
(Sec. 2). -Authorizes individuals to display a firearm for harmless defensive purposes without justification, which includes, but is not limited to, the following (Sec. 3):
-Openly wearing, carrying, or possessing a firearm; -Verbally informing another that one possesses a firearm; and -Holding a firearm in a position so that the firearm does not point directly at another person.
 
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