Mayor Jordan Hess said the Missoula Police Department responded quickly and while the incident was peacefully resolved, it created fears citywide given the nation's high number of school shootings.
All three bills come on the heels of pending lawsuits over a law approved by voters in November 2022 that bans high-capacity magazines holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
The sponsor argued in favor of a bill that would ask voters to amend the state constitution to protect the rights of gun owners to carry a concealed weapon without a permit.
A trio of GOP gun measures won approval from lawmakers Wednesday, including one that would allow people with concealed weapon permits to bring firearms onto Arizona school campuses.
The Republican supermajority in the Idaho Senate passed a bill Monday that repeals a state law banning groups of people from parading in public with firearms in any Idaho city or town.
The GOP bill said that credit services, investors, larger contractors and insurers that want to operate in Montana cannot “discriminate” against any people in any matter concerning the right to bear firearms.