Montana gun ownership tops the nation, but there are lawmakers out there that would like to see a portion of guns banned. What would that mean for Montana?
We are simply one vote away from a dangerous gun confiscation bill passing in the United States Senate and being signed into law. That was the warning from Montana's US Senator Steve Daines.
How popular are guns in Montana? According to some research, you just might be surprised to find out what the gun industry means to the state and where we rank.
Here's the bottom line: we would not have all of the pro-gun, pro-2nd Amendment laws on the books in Montana if it were not for the efforts of Gary Marbut. He was recognized by the Attorney General and MSSA members Saturday night in Missoula.
As conservative commentator Allie Beth Stuckey wrote, "May you never wonder again why the the right to bear arms must never be infringed." That point was not lost on Montanans either.
I caught up with Larry Keane, Vice President of the National Shooting Sports Foundation during the SHOT Show in Las Vegas last week. I talked to him about the cool new gear, the cool new guns, and wanted to find out what else stood out at this year's show.
"I actually grew up in the Shield's Valley and it was our neighbor who invented the first rack. He was a cattle rancher and he got sick and tired of trying to get that gun out of the back window to get a shot when he would be out feeding his cows and see a coyote near his herd..."
Johnny Joey Jones: "I bought my son a 10 gauge shot gun. I bought myself a 12 gauge. He's into playing the saxophone and baseball. I played football and can't carry a tune in the bucket. But we go to the skeet range and he out shoots me. That's what we've found that the two of us enjoy together and can connect on. "
The nonsense we see taking place across America right now was already foreshadowed giving the nonsense taking place against guns and gun rights prior to COVID-19 and "woke" cultural jihadists.