The Montana Senate on Tuesday endorsed legislation to expand where gun owners can carry a concealed weapon across the state, including campuses, bars and casinos.
The bill passed on second reading in the Senate by a 30-20 vote which, while bipartisan, did not get uniform support from the GOP as it did in the House. Two Republicans, Sens. John Esp of Big Timber, who had voted against the measure in the Senate Judiciary Committee that sent HB 102 to the Senate floor, and Brian Hoven went against the bill. One Democrat, Sen. Tom Jacobson, D-Great Falls, voted for it.Â
The debate on the Senate floor drew fodder from both sides of the aisle, but those that quieted the floor were Republicans on either side of the vote who spoke with deeply personal anecdotes.Â
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