After taking my kid out west for the past decade, he is most likely going to be be a student and living in Missoula.

Does anyone know how it works with firearms? I’d like to set him up at the very least with a shotgun and a rifle. I imagine that they have some sort of storage locker?

I’m really excited, as I am pushing my better half to finally make the move.

29 years ago I showed up at the Casper College. There were no firearms allowed in the dorms, and no way to store them. Having guns in the dorm was a really big NO!

Everyone I knew that had guns, had them in their rooms snuck in at 3 am.

Any college in Wyoming or Montana will be mostly controlled by liberals, I'd even wager the private Catholic ones in Billings, Helena and Lander.

Even with Casper, Bozeman, and Laramie having agriculture programs.

I had a pile of knives in my room, but Dad wouldn't let me bring my rifle from Montana to go there.

You could call and ask around, but I don't think you will be happy with the answer.

I had a room mate that was a big pot smoker from back east, and it was his dream to live in Wyoming. I ended up disenrolling and joining the Navy over it, they wouldn't give me another roommate.

He could probably have guns in the Armory at the Air Force Academy!

Note that the laws here just changed. Concealed carry in now permitted on campus. Not sure how that affects your situation but make sure you have current data (university may be dragging their feet on rules). Other option, that I used oh so many years ago was pay a local gun store to keep

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Originally posted by bradhe:
Note that the laws here just changed. Concealed carry in now permitted on campus. Not sure how that affects your situation but make sure you have current data (university may be dragging their feet on rules). Other option, that I used oh so many years ago was pay a local gun store to keep

This would be a great option, except they would have to book it in/out each time per FFL rules.

Here is a good article out lining the changes.

https://www.ammoland.com/2021/...ontana-firearms-law/

The school has a fish and game club, and they organize fishing and hunting trips. I’ll find out the details in a month.

He’ll get to know in no time few guys that are living in the area and will be able to keep guns at their house and he won’t be able to hunt first year anyway

MISSOULA!?!?! Griz!?! Actually a great town and a good, but diminishing, college. UM almost feels like a ghost town compared to ten years ago, but a beautiful campus, great business school, journalism, forestry, biology/pre-med, pharmacy, law, etc.. Outstanding fishing nearby. Tons of public land all over, but IMHO not quite the same quality of upland game, deer and antelope as mid-state or Eastern MT.

Concealed carry rules are changing, the Montana University System (UM and MSU) are fighting it. Yet to be seen how it works out.

Your son will be a non-resident until he plays all the games of getting a job, not sure how that relates to full or part time school attendance. Bitterroot, St. Regis, Blackfoot, Big Hole Valley - awesome fly fishing all over.

Those of us from Bozeman/MSU like to say cheezy things like "you can't spell dUMpster fire without UM" because we have a great rivalry. Regardless, UM is a great place to go to college and Missoula is one of Montana's best towns.

Call them. It used to be a simple check in and out at the front desk of the dorm. Or you could keep them locked in your vehicle.

You just couldn't bring them into the dorm proper. I never, ever, did that, I swear. Never drank until I was 21 either.

While Missoula is a more liberal town than normal Montana where I grew up (Ulm, MT), they still understand hunting and shooting.

If you move, be OK with him being at the school with the better mascot and football team than the kittens in Calozeman.

Jeremy

Waste of time calling UM

My daughter's best friend started at Mt State this year. She said students can get nonresident tags at 1/2 price. Not too bad.

Obviously being a resident would be better, but probably will be some delay on that so 1/2 price beats the heck out of full price!

Not quite the same, but I kept a recurve with broadheads in my dorm room back in the 60s, for a phys ed archery class. Never a question...

When I went to school in Utah, we could have firearms in the dorm, but we had to check them in at the front desk and they were kept locked up. When we wanted to use them, it was a simple matter to check them out. If this kind of arrangement isn't available, off-campus housing is always an option. You can check into renting a house or apartment. Good luck.