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Montana · Through Montana Code Annotated 2025

45-8-343: Firing firearms.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. TITLE 45. CRIMES
  2. CHAPTER 8. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER
  3. Part 3. Weapons

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), every person who willfully shoots or fires off a gun, pistol, or any other firearm within the limits of any town or city or of any private enclosure which contains a dwelling house is punishable by a fine not exceeding $25 or such greater fine or a term of imprisonment, or both, as the town or city may impose.

(2) Firearms may be discharged at an indoor or outdoor rifle, pistol, or shotgun shooting range located within the limits of a town or city or in a private dwelling if the shooting range is approved by the local governing body.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply if the discharge of a firearm is justifiable under Title 45, chapter 3, part 1.

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