firearms

According to one of Missoula's busiest firearms dealers, demand has been brisk over the last few months for handguns as a means of personal safety and security.

A group of local citizens has plans to organize armed guards to protect military recruiting offices in Missoula.

A bill proposed in the legislature would criminalize the mishandling of firearms, primarily due to alcohol or drug use.

On their website, the non-partisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (a think tank focusing on global health policy) posted a report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta which shows that Montana has the 6th highest rate of death by firearm in the United States trailing only Alaska, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Wyoming...