For the third time since the Florida High School Shooting that occurred of Valentine’s Day, Missoulians hit the streets to march against gun violence in schools.
After 17 Florida high school students were killed by a lone gunman on Wednesday in Florida, questions were raised about how the troubled 19 year-old was able to legally obtain the weapon he used in the attack.
In a 10-2 vote of the Committee on Public Safety and Health, the Missoula City Council has voted to move forward with a controversial ordinance to insure that 'no sale or transfer of a firearm shall take place within the city limits unless and until the person purchasing or otherwise receiving the firearm passes a national instant criminal background check.'
Missoula’s Heidi Kendall, volunteer for the Montana chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, said the issue she sees as most problematic in keeping guns out of the wrong hands is that of inadequate background checks.
After the massacre of 49 people and the wounding of dozens of others at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida this weekend, the cry immediately began again from pundits and politicians to restrict the ownership of certain types of firearms.
President Obama's emotional speech announcing proposed executive actions on gun control have had the opposite effect, with gun sales through a Missoula dealer mushrooming online.
According to one of Missoula's busiest firearms dealers, demand has been brisk over the last few months for handguns as a means of personal safety and security.
Missoula City Attorney Jim Nugent issued a legal opinion this week supporting a proposed ordinance to expand background checks for local gun sales and transfers.
Missoula City Attorney Jim Nugent appeared on the KGVO Montana Morning show on Wednesday morning to explain his decision to approve the proposed city council gun registration ordinance.