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Montana Governor Gianforte signs Permitless (Constitutional) Carry
AmmoLand ^ | 19 February, 2021 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 02/20/2021 4:54:38 AM PST by marktwain

Screen shot from Montana Public Access video, cropped scaled and text added by Dean Weingarten

On 18 February 2021, Governor Greg Gianforte signed Montana HB102 into law. The bill is the largest, most comprehensive reform of Montana gun laws in the history of the state. A previous AmmoLand article discussed the details of the law.

Many of the reforms in the law have been sought for decades, but have been thwarted by Montana Governors. Democrat Governors vetoed Constitutional Carry bills three times in the last 15 years.

In 2021, Governor Gianforte said he was looking forward to signing  HB102 on February 4th, in an interview on KGVO.com:

“There are a number of pieces of legislation moving through the Montana legislature,” said Gianforte. “I’m looking forward to getting them on my desk. One of those bills is HB 102, which would provide for constitutional carry here in the state. I’m looking forward to signing that bill, and if there are attempts to infringe on our state’s rights as it relates to our constitutional rights, know that I will work side by side with our Attorney General to oppose any of those efforts.”

HB102 passed the legislature on the 9th of February and was sent to Governor Gianforte on 11 February. A week later, on 18 February, the bill was signed in a video-recorded ceremony.

When a governor publicly signs a right to keep and bear arms bill, it indicates they actually support it, rather than are ashamed of it.

Montana becomes the 18th State to restore Constitutional Carry. Constitutional Carry is a reasonable approximation of a return to the state of law when the Second Amendment was ratified in 1791. At that time, no permits were required to carry arms

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We may reach 20 Constitutional Carry states by the end of the year.
1 posted on 02/20/2021 4:54:38 AM PST by marktwain
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Link to video of Governor Gianforte signing HB102. (It is on facebook. Amazing how facebook has become so intertwined in people's lives and government offices.)
2 posted on 02/20/2021 4:57:03 AM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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I would like to have lived in Montana


3 posted on 02/20/2021 4:59:30 AM PST by Bayard
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To: Bayard

Hunt for Red October... great movie.


4 posted on 02/20/2021 5:05:59 AM PST by Bellagio
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To: marktwain

I wish they would all do it.


5 posted on 02/20/2021 5:20:56 AM PST by glimmerman70
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To: Bayard

“I would like to have lived in Montana”

Still time to move, or at least visit!

We’d love to have you!


6 posted on 02/20/2021 5:49:05 AM PST by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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The day we (formally) moved to Idaho was the first day of Constitutional Carry here. These states all need to be working on reciprocity agreements.


7 posted on 02/20/2021 5:55:09 AM PST by Twotone (While one may vote oneself into socialism one has to shoot oneself out of it.)
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To: Bayard
I would like to have lived in Montana

Come on in before its too late.

8 posted on 02/20/2021 5:56:59 AM PST by Godzilla (Never give up, never surrender . . . . . .)
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Just sold our house and moving the entire fam to Montana this summer. We are very excited.


9 posted on 02/20/2021 6:10:00 AM PST by Levy78
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Hopefully, this will be a catalyst for all the liberals that have moved into the state to start thinking about where they want to live and move back to where they came from.

An Army buddy of my nephew is from Montana. Seems that the folks are getting very, very tired of the liberal migration and made a concerted effort to rid the state and local government of as many out-of-state liberals as they could. Now, if they can just get rid of Tester, things might turn around.


10 posted on 02/20/2021 6:18:05 AM PST by qaz123
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Just sold our house and moving the entire fam to Montana this summer. We are very excited.

Welcome to the Redoubt.

11 posted on 02/20/2021 6:33:15 AM PST by Godzilla (Never give up, never surrender . . . . . .)
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It is one of the reasons to have people openly carrying guns.

Far more liberals have phobias about openly carried guns conservatives do.

12 posted on 02/20/2021 6:33:36 AM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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Exactly!


13 posted on 02/20/2021 6:34:55 AM PST by Levy78
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Now, if they can just get rid of Tester, things might turn around.

Tester is a boil on the rear end of Montana. sadly we gotta wait 4 more years before we can throw the bum out. Only good thing is that xiden policies will hang on him like an anchor.

14 posted on 02/20/2021 6:35:00 AM PST by Godzilla (Never give up, never surrender . . . . . .)
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Are there big American girls in Montana?


15 posted on 02/20/2021 6:38:20 AM PST by Tea Party Terrorist (Eat the Rich)
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I hope that is what drives them back to Cali. And I don’t even live in Montana but I have a friend that does. And he ain’t too fond of these new neighbors.


16 posted on 02/20/2021 6:51:53 AM PST by qaz123
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Given how gun friendly and solidly conservative the South is, we need a lot more Southern states to adopt constitutional carry. Looking at you North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas.


17 posted on 02/20/2021 7:10:31 AM PST by FLT-bird
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“Are there big American girls in Montana?”

Is this Benny Hill?


18 posted on 02/20/2021 7:13:27 AM PST by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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Senate material 2024? Testers up.


19 posted on 02/20/2021 7:14:26 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET (`)
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To: marktwain

Welcome to the club. 👍🏻


20 posted on 02/20/2021 7:52:25 AM PST by NWFree (Socialism is legalized plunder)
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