Brady Wiseman voted Nay (Conference Report Vote) on this Legislation.
Title: Amending Concealed Weapons and Self-Defense Statutes
Signed by Governor Brian Schweitzer
Title: Amending Concealed Weapons and Self-Defense Statutes
Vote to adopt a conference report that amends the Concealed Weapons and Self-Defense statutes.
-Specifies that issuance of a concealed weapons' permit will not be granted to anyone convicted of a crime punishable by 1 year or more of incarceration or, regardless of the sentence that may be imposed, a crime that includes as an element of the crime an act, attempted act, or threat of intentional homicide, serious bodily harm, unlawful restraint, sexual abuse, sexual intercourse or contact without consent (Sec. 7). -Specifies that anyone convicted of a felony that does not include as an element of the crime an act, attempted act, or threat of intentional homicide, serious bodily harm, unlawful restraint, sexual abuse or sexual intercourse or contact without consent, is entitled to issuance of a concealed weapons permit if otherwise eligible (Sec. 7). -Authorizes, in case of an arrest by a private person, the private person to use reasonable force to detain the arrested person (Sec. 8).
Title: Amending Concealed Weapons and Self-Defense Statutes
Vote to adopt a conference report that amends the Concealed Weapons and Self-Defense statutes.
-Specifies that issuance of a concealed weapons' permit will not be granted to anyone convicted of a crime punishable by 1 year or more of incarceration or, regardless of the sentence that may be imposed, a crime that includes as an element of the crime an act, attempted act, or threat of intentional homicide, serious bodily harm, unlawful restraint, sexual abuse, sexual intercourse or contact without consent (Sec. 7). -Specifies that anyone convicted of a felony that does not include as an element of the crime an act, attempted act, or threat of intentional homicide, serious bodily harm, unlawful restraint, sexual abuse or sexual intercourse or contact without consent, is entitled to issuance of a concealed weapons permit if otherwise eligible (Sec. 7). -Authorizes, in case of an arrest by a private person, the private person to use reasonable force to detain the arrested person (Sec. 8).
Title: Amending Concealed Weapons and Self-Defense Statutes
Vote to pass a bill that allows concealed firearms to be carried within city limits without a permit to carry a concealed weapon, establishes the legal justification for the defensive display of a firearm, and issues other amendments to self-defense and firearms statutes.
-Amends the concealed weapons law to make carrying a concealed weapon punishable only if used to commit a criminal offense (Sec. 8). -Authorizes individuals who are threatened with bodily injury or loss of life to act in self-defense without first retreating from the threat or summoning law enforcement assistance (Sec. 2). -Authorizes individuals to display a firearm for harmless defensive purposes without justification, which includes, but is not limited to, the following (Sec. 3):
Title: Amending Concealed Weapons and Self-Defense Statutes