packing heat in Montana
some day’s I wish I could vote for officials in Montana. here’s one box I’d check:
HELENA - State Rep. Ed Butcher has been packing heat for 30 years.
“I carry at all times,” the Winifred Republican said in a recent interview.
Today, Butcher carries a .38-caliber pistol, but back in 1979 it was a .22 handgun that he says saved his life.
A man was coming at him intending to kill him, Butcher believes.
“He didn’t think I carried a gun,” he said. Butcher pulled out his .22 pistol and held it to the man’s forehead. You’ve never seen eyes get so big so fast, Butcher said. The man backed down.
“It’s one of those things where I’d probably be dead in that situation if I hadn’t had it,” said Butcher. “It saved my life once, and I’m a firm believer in it.”
