Lloyd, the Liberal wacko rocky mtn bill might be more amenable to you toting a custom Mauser bolt action. As is typical of Liberals, if he doesn't approve of it, then it should be outlawed. Billy simply hates them AR-15's. It sounds like he doesn't approve of you having a handgun either.
But he's forgetting that the rate of aggravated assault in Montana is higher than the National average. The population density may be low out there in the boonies, but the population density was quite a bit lower back when Cain killed Abel. If you wish to protect yourself and your family from something that probably won't happen, that is none of Billy's damn business. So carry any legal firearm that you like and enjoy, and do all you can to keep Billy and other anti-gun Democrats from taking away your right to choose.
Join the NRA.... re-elect Donald Trump.... and never welcome anti-gunners and FUDD's into the fraternity of gun owners so they can stab us in the back.