House candidate Elinor Swanson was a featured speaker, along with organizer Pete Siegel, Republican candidate for the Montana Public Service Commission Mark Wicks, a student at Helena High School and a member of the Navajo and Washoe tribes. This past Saturday an estimated 200 people attended a pro-gun rally in Billings hosted by the Montana Minute Men, a state-based group of so-called Three Percenters who oppose restriction of private gun ownership. 'We don’t want someone with a, let’s say a domestic assault on their wife or children to have guns, because he could do something very bad with that gun to his family or someone else in society. 'We think that keeping guns out of the bad guy’s hands is very important,' he says. He says he supports some limits on gun rights, like background checks. Rally For Our Rights co-organizer Cole Medhus says while there’s a push nationally to restrict or even repeal the Second Amendment, he doesn’t feel that pressure in Montana. Its website domain is for sale, and the site says, “it may be best for a nationally established Second Amendment organization to take this over at this time.” One of them was co-organizer of March For Our Guns, which hosted a pro-gun event in Helena on the same day as March For Our Lives last month. Three local high school students are spearheading organizing efforts. Rally For Our Rights is billed as a peaceful event in support of the First and Second Amendments, which organizers say are under attack by the liberal media and government establishments abroad. It's a youth-led movement, we're just trying to share our opinions.'

Co-organizer Braxton Shewalter is a student at Columbia Falls High School who led a counter-school walk out last month in support of the Second Amendment. Medhus and two friends are organizing the upcoming Rally For Our Rights / Pro-Gun Rally in Kalispell’s Depot Park this Saturday, April 14th. 'They're trying to represent all the youth in America, and we're trying to represent pro-gun youth in our state and America in general,' Medhus says. This coming Saturday, a group of high school students in the Flathead Valley is hosting a similar event.Ĭole Medhus, a student at Glacier High School in Kalispell, says recent events, like the national school walkout and March For Our Lives, push a message that many in his generation don’t agree with. The site owners plan to hold onto the domain to advertise for future events.Īn estimated 200 people turned out for a pro-Second Amendment rally in Billings over the weekend. Update: The March For Our Guns website is no longer listed as for sale.

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