Posted on 11/23/2020 5:17:27 AM PST by marktwain
Montana is on track to become the 17th state to restore Constitutional Carry. It will probably do so in 2021. Constitutional Carry means most people can carry, concealed or openly, most of the time in most public places, without any special governmental permission or permit. It was the state of affairs in the young United States when the Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791.
In 2020, Republican Greg Gianforte won the race for Governor in Montana. Greg is the first Montanan Republican governor since 2005.
Greg won with 54.4% of the vote to his Democrat challenger's 41.6%.
The former governor, Democrat Steve Bullock, was defeated in his attempt to win a Senate seat in Montana, with 53% to 47% of the vote.
President Donald Trump received 56.9% of the vote to Candidate Biden's 40.6% of the vote.
Democrat governors in Montana have vetoed Constitutional Carry three times, after it passed the legislature with hefty margins. Montana has Constitutional Carry for 99% of the state, in areas outside of town and city limits. But towns and city limits are where many people spend most of their time.
In 2011, Democrat governor Brian Schweitzer vetoed Constitutional Carry bill HB 271. The legislature did not override the veto.
In 2015, Democrat governor Steve Bullock vetoed Constitutional Carry bill HB 298.
In 2017, Governor Bullock vetoed Constitutional Carry bill HB 262. Governor Bullock made a statement on Second Amendment rights. The statement was on the Governor's web site. That page no longer exists. Here is the statement:
As a lifelong gun owner and as Montana’s former top cop, Steve Bullock is a staunch supporter of our Second Amendment rights and fights for the right of all law-abiding citizens to own and responsibly use guns.
(Excerpt) Read more at ammoland.com ...
It will have an elimination of most "gun free" zones and permitless carry.
More important, election reform.
Stop all future steals.
Constitutional Carry Arizona will be ready to welcome Montana!
Biden plans huge taxes on weapons and magazines. I mean HUGE!!
He’s needed to take on Tester.
What are the reasons Montana has had Democrat Governors?
Might be a good place for us to retire.
There are traditional Democrats from the Grange era, lots of big farmers who want the government largess, the cities and universities who are doctrinaire leftists.
It boggles my mind that Montanans elect any Democrats, but the major media in Montana, as elsewhere, is heavily leftist.
“Greg is the first Montanan Republican governor since 2005.”
And that Governor was Marc Racicot, a real RINO who tried to impose a state sales tax.
Twice.
Gianforte will be good for the state.
“What are the reasons Montana has had Democrat Governors?”
We are inherently an AG state and the Democrats ‘give gifts’ to the farmers/ranchers.
Steve Daines is only the SECOND Republican Senator to EVER be reelected in state history.
Overall, we’re gettin’ better though...
So? The dems have now learned to steal elections. No republican’s will win dog catcher going forward.
Montana may get a 2nd congressman. How to draw the district?
Not easy, I just tried to do a simple county breakdown. Too many large counties next to each other along the break line.
And 56 freaking counties to deal with. Maine with 1.3 million and 528 cities and town (Montana has 364) has just 16 counties. I assume Montana school children are not forced to learn all of the county names.
Just be sure to call it mar county and not meager county.
In the horse and buggy era, a county seat was not supposed to be more than two days to get to, preferably one. So the maximum dimension of a county should be less than 50 miles. They stretched it out West, as it was.
Texas has 254 counties.
Texas is 1.8 times as large as Montana.
By that metric, Montana should have 141 counties instead of only 56.
Wisconsin has 72 counties. It is 1/5 the size of Texas.
By the Wisconsin metric, Montana should have 198 counties.
Isn’t Gianforte the guy who punched out the photographer.
I LOVE that guy!
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