Views from gun country

Montana House Bill 102 was a flashpoint in the state Legislature this year, sparking fierce debate over the need for concealed and open carry on college campuses. The bill sailed through the Republican-dominated House and Senate on party lines, but was quickly challenged in court, where it remains today, locked in legal limbo. HB 102 seeks to allow Montanans to carry firearms nearly anywhere in the state, and while the partisan battle lines seem clear cut in Helena, the opinions of Montanans and politicians outside the Capitol are more complicated. 

This week, Kaimin Arts and Culture Editor Clarise Larson talked to Montanans from the Capitol to the cornfield and shared the stories of two individuals and their divergent perspectives on life in gun country with Kaimin Cast host Austin Amestoy.

 

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