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Montana’s lack of even the most basic gun safety laws puts its residents at enormous risk, and the failure of state lawmakers to save lives from gun violence is unconscionable. 

The state’s dangerous “stand your ground” law and weak public carry laws make it far too easy for daily arguments to turn into deadly shootouts. In 2021, Montana had the seventh highest gun death rate among the states. Montana also supplied crime guns to other states at the 13th highest rate among the states. Montana exported crime guns at nearly twice the national rate and twice the rate at which it imported crime guns from other states.

What Montana Does Well

  • Certain domestic violence gun laws

What Montana Is Missing

  • Universal background checks
  • Gun owner licensing
  • Extreme risk protection orders
  • Assault weapon restrictions
  • Large capacity magazine ban
  • Waiting periods
  • Strong concealed carry law
  • Open carry regulations
  • Child access prevention laws
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