The sponsor argued in favor of a bill that would ask voters to amend the state constitution to protect the rights of gun owners to carry a concealed weapon without a permit.
Proposals to restrict access to abortion, but not ban it, have advanced in the Montana Legislature. A legal challenge to a state supreme court precedent protecting access to abortion is still pending.
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