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Get a free downloadable and printable gun bill of sale

Click print or download this bill of sale below. I am no attorney nor have I ever played one on TV. Contact an attorney if you need legal advice about guns. Montana does not currently require a bill of sale for private firearms transactions and we plan to keep it that way. That doesn’t mean you should or should not. Check out more safety tips you may or may not use at your discretion found at https://montanaguntrader.com/optional-private-firearms-sales-safety-measures-free-citizens-can-take/

Gov. Gianforte sends letter to USDOJ stating Montana law enforcement will not assist feds in enforcing new regs banning pistol braces

View the letter Governor Greg Gianforte sent on 2/8/23 embedded below from https://governor.mt.gov/LETTER-230208-Gov.-Gianforte-to-AG-Garland.pdf

What specifically does it mean to be “pro-gun”?

When someone says they are “pro-gun”, what exactly does that mean? Help define it by taking and sharing these polls. Find current results, vote for yourself and share our never ending set of polls on this page to find out what real Montanans think “pro-gun” really means. Leave your suggestions for new polls we can add to our pro-gun polls collection in the comments below. Get Pro-Gun Tee Shirts on the Montana Gun Trader products page. Note: $2 from every t-shirt, hat and hoodie is donated to the Montana Shooting Sports Association.

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Do You Support or Oppose Universal Background Checks For All Gun Sales?
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Find this poll on its own page, vote and find member comments on this poll alone here.

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Do You Support or Oppose Permit-less Concealed Carry in Montana?
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Do You Support or Oppose Trained and Certified Armed School Staff Willing to Carry a Concealed Weapon?
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Do You Support or Oppose The Castle Doctrine in Montana?
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Do You Support or Oppose a Ban on Semi-Automatic Firearms?
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Do You Support or Oppose A Ban on High Capacity Magazines?
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Do you Support or Oppose "Red Flag" Gun Laws in Montana?
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Would you SUPPORT or OPPOSE a SHERIFFS FIRST BILL that would make it a state crime for federal officers to arrest, search, or seize anything from a citizen without written permission from that Montana county's elected Sheriff?
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NOTE: These polls are permanent at this website. Some are older and some are newer. Each poll can be implemented into posts all by themselves or in any combination. Please click my name below to inquire about these polls or if you have suggestions for new polls to be added above.

What are the current Guns and Weapons bills we need to pay attention to in the Montana 2023 legislative session?

Find an embedded page for a current search of good and bad “Guns and Weapons” bills cooking for the Montana legislature in the 2023 legislative session and discuss below. Join the Gun Sales & Trade Politics & Legislative Alerts Group to subscribe by email and on site as well as share alerts for fellow members. Find a great piece from Gary Marbut titled Legislative Process – Contacting Legislators – Tracking Bills embedded below.

Tulsi Gabbard’s new stance on why we must protect The Second Amendment?

Tulsi Gabbards support for the Second Amendment historically has been questionable. Her new “Why I’m leaving the Democrat Party” podcast starting at the 15 minute mark sure sounds like she’s coming around to understanding why we fight so hard. If she had this position in the past, she certainly never shared it publicly. This makes me feel cautiously optimistic. Find a short piece of that in the video below. Whereas in the past she has supported enhanced background checks, does she still? Does she not realize that universal background check enforcement would require universal firearms registration? That same more tyrannical than ever before party she now has left would know exactly where to knock on doors if they managed to pass universal background checks. Find all of her gun control votes at https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/129306/tulsi-gabbard/37/guns.

Listen to the full episode of Tulsi’s “Why I’m leaving the Democrat Party” at https://www.tulsigabbard.com/podcast/
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Poll: The most important issues that I think the MSSA should tackle in the 2023 legislative session should be…

Gary from the Montana Shooting Sports Association is asking for help deciding issues to address in the upcoming legislative session. See each issue and it’s description embedded below the poll to understand each issue, then take the poll, share and comment. It is limited to seven choices to help us narrow the results better. Reply to his email or see his request quoted from a recent email below. Join MSSA NOW HERE to help fund the fight and be sure to get on his email list so you receive these updates. Also be sure to join the Politics and Alerts Group Here to tune in to these and more and get legislative alerts.

MSSA legislative agenda for the next legislative session. MSSA gets pro-gun bills through every session of the Legislature. Our wish list for the session that will begin in January of 2023 is contained in our legislative candidate questionnaire (CQ) for this election cycle. This wish list is too long and must be pared back to 3-5 items. We just don’t have the bandwidth to do a good job of ramrodding more bills than that. I need your help in pruning and prioritizing this wish list. Please study through the CQ. It is available at: https://progunleaders.org/CQ2022/Leg2022CQ.html

Please get back to me with your top five choices for bills for MSSA to push next session. Also, please list these in the order of priority you prefer, most important to least important. Just give me the question numbers (yes, I know the CQ questions are misnumbered – brain fade on my part – just use the question numbers there). Thanks for your help with this!

The most important issues that I think The Montana Shooting Sports Association should tackle in 2023 should be ...
  • "Red flag" laws 14%, 20 votes
    20 votes 14%
    20 votes - 14% of all votes
  • Sheriffs First - Law Enforcement Cooperation 13%, 18 votes
    18 votes 13%
    18 votes - 13% of all votes
  • Sheriffs in the Constitution 11%, 15 votes
    15 votes 11%
    15 votes - 11% of all votes
  • Government spending to influence elections outcome 9%, 12 votes
    12 votes 9%
    12 votes - 9% of all votes
  • Power of the Board of Regents 8%, 11 votes
    11 votes 8%
    11 votes - 8% of all votes
  • Oath of office enforcement 8%, 11 votes
    11 votes 8%
    11 votes - 8% of all votes
  • Non-discrimination over firearms 7%, 10 votes
    10 votes 7%
    10 votes - 7% of all votes
  • "Shall not be called in question." 7%, 10 votes
    10 votes 7%
    10 votes - 7% of all votes
  • The cost of self defense 7%, 9 votes
    9 votes 7%
    9 votes - 7% of all votes
  • Reinvigorate the Montana Home Guard 6%, 8 votes
    8 votes 6%
    8 votes - 6% of all votes
  • The price of civil rights 3%, 4 votes
    4 votes 3%
    4 votes - 3% of all votes
  • Shooting range property taxes 2%, 3 votes
    3 votes 2%
    3 votes - 2% of all votes
  • Constitutional cleanup 1%, 2 votes
    2 votes 1%
    2 votes - 1% of all votes
  • Shooting range funding 1%, 2 votes
    2 votes 1%
    2 votes - 1% of all votes
  • Higher education and shooting sports 1%, 2 votes
    2 votes 1%
    2 votes - 1% of all votes
  • Rights upon release from custody 1%, 1 vote
    1 vote 1%
    1 vote - 1% of all votes
Total Votes: 138
Voters: 31
09/14/2022
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Montana 2023 Legislative Session: Guns & Weapons Bills Search

Find a search for “Guns & Weapons” bills and legislation scheduled for the 2023 legislative session embedded below. Click bill titles for details. Join to get notifications and share bills and legislative alerts with group members in the Gun Sales & Trade Politics, Bills & Legislative Alerts Group.

Where can I find a list of the best Montana YouTube & Rumble video channels related to guns, gear and ammo?

Share and vote for your most favorite Montana video channel on YouTube, Rumble, etc related to guns, gear & ammo.
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Select as many channels listed by previous voters, add your answer, then click vote. Voting in the official poll above is restricted to one submission. Use comments below to share links for and discuss Montana video channels. Try to stay on topic to make this a good resource. This is not the complaint department. Do that in the group. Be sure to tag creators who might be members so they can share this poll with their followers.

What branded products do you think would sell best to help fund and promote this website?

Find a current list of categories for Montana Gun Trader Products and make your suggestions for new products in the comments below.