Department of Justice Press Releases
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued legal guidance today to local prosecutors and law enforcement agencies clarifying how the recent ruling in Silencer Shop Foundation v. ATF aligns with Montana law. The federal court ruling affects silencers, short-barreled rifles (SBR), [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following statement Thursday following the Supreme Court of the United States’ (SCOTUS) decision in Wolford v. Lopez Attorney General Knudsen has led multiple amicus brief in support of support of three residents [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined the U.S. Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) at a press conference in Washington, D.C. today to support the Trump Administration's efforts to strengthen [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led two coalitions of state attorneys general in support of American gun manufacturers New York is blaming for the state’s gun crimes. In each case, the federal protections granted to gun manufacturers that [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of 15 attorneys general in sending a letter to leaders of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary today urging the confirmation of Robert Cekada as director of the Department [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a 27-state coalition today asking the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to reverse the longstanding “default rule” on Hawaii’s unconstitutional gun ban which prohibits public carry or possession of firearms [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a 27-state coalition that filed an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to overturn a California law that bans the possession of large capacity magazines. The brief [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a 27-state coalition Monday asking the Supreme Court of the United State (SCOTUS) to safeguard law-abiding Americans’ right to keep and bear arms in public for self-defense and reverse an unconstitutional decision [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a 28-state coalition supporting a challenge to Maine’s unconstitutional waiting-period law which requires gun buyers to wait 72 hours before taking possession of a firearm after purchase. The amicus brief, filed in [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following statement Thursday following the Supreme Court of the United States’ (SCOTUS) decision in Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et.al., v. Mexico. Attorney General Knudsen led an amicus brief in support [...]