The Democrat Party released their platform ahead of the convention. It’s a mess. It was clearly just cut-and-pasted together from an earlier document, and the editing was horrible. It refers to Biden’s second term multiple times.

But let’s skip to page 39. Don’t use the table of contents, it’s wrong…

The gun violence epidemic is a scourge ripping apart our communities; it is the leading cause of death for children and teens.

That’s not true. It’s not the leading cause of death for children. It’s only the leading cause of death if you define children as not less than one year old, and include adults ages 18 and 19.

The rest of the platform is equally horrendous, essentially a fever dream wish list for Democrats who oppose the Second Amendment.

Jon Tester is a Democrat who has consistently voted in lockstep with the Biden-Harris agenda. His voting record matches almost perfectly with Chuck Schumer and Elizabeth Warren. He’s as hard left as they come. But during election years, he claims to support Montana values and the Montana way of life. He takes off the suit he wears in Washington DC and puts on a set of barely worn Carhartts to tell us how much he’s just like one of us. And yet he voted for one of the largest gun control packages in decades. Now is the time to ask Tester whether he stands with these decidedly anti-Montana platform points, or whether he will commit to voting against any such bills if re-elected.

Here are the items in the Democrat platform on which Jon Tester needs to provide an answer as to his support:

• Universal background checks for any firearms transfers (which would require the creation of an illegal national firearms registry for all gun owners).
• Ban on “assault weapons” and “high-capacity” magazines (even if in common use for lawful purposes).
• Required “safe storage” for guns (including in the home, at all times).
• End of “liability immunity” for the gun industry (which would be like allowing Ford or Toyota to be sued whenever a drunk driver hurts someone).
• A national “red flag” law (essentially allowing individual gun confiscation without due process).
• Increased funding to the ATF for enforcement and prosecution (remember, the ATF is supposed to be a taxation agency, NOT law enforcement).
• Fund “gun violence” research across the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) (essentially weaponizing those agencies to justify disarming us on the grounds of a “public health emergency”).
• Community violence interventions (remember, these are the same people who defund the police).

Where does Jon Tester stand on the Democrat platform? Will he publicly state his position on any of these issues? It’s time to ask him.

Remember where Montana stands on these potential federal laws. It’s part of the Montana Code Annotated, 45-9-368:

45-8-368. Prohibition of enforcement. (1) A peace officer, state employee, or employee of a political subdivision is prohibited from enforcing, assisting in the enforcement of, or otherwise cooperating in the enforcement of a federal ban on firearms, magazines, or ammunition and is also prohibited from participating in any federal enforcement action implementing a federal ban on firearms, magazines, or ammunition.

(2) An employee of the state or a political subdivision may not expend public funds or allocate public resources for the enforcement of a federal ban on firearms, magazines, or ammunition.

(3) Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit or otherwise limit a peace officer, state employee, or employee of a political subdivision from cooperating, communicating, or collaborating with a federal agency if the primary purpose is not:

(a) law enforcement activity related to a federal ban; or

(b) the investigation of a violation of a federal ban.

The Montana Constitution is quite clear when it comes to our right to keep and bear arms:

Article 2 Section 12. Right to bear arms. The right of any person to keep or bear arms in defense of his own home, person, and property, or in aid of the civil power when thereto legally summoned, shall not be called in question….

Ask Jon Tester where he stands.