45-8-317. Exceptions. Section 45-8-316 and, except for a person referred to in subsection (7), 45-8-328 do not apply to:
     (1) any peace officer of the state of Montana;
     (2) any officer of the United States government authorized to carry a concealed weapon;
     (3) a person in actual service as a national guardsman;
     (4) a person summoned to the aid of any of the persons named in subsections (1) through (3);
     (5) a civil officer or his deputy engaged in the discharge of official business;
     (6) a probation and parole officer authorized to carry a firearm under 46-23-1002;
     (7) a person issued a permit under 45-8-321;
     (8) an agent of the department of justice or a criminal investigator in a county attorney's office;
     (9) a person who is outside the official boundaries of a city or town or the confines of a logging, lumbering, mining, or railroad camp or who is lawfully engaged in hunting, fishing, trapping, camping, hiking, backpacking, farming, ranching, or other outdoor activity in which weapons are often carried for recreation or protection; or
     (10) the carrying of arms on one's own premises or at one's home or place of business.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 74, L. 1919; re-en. Sec. 11304, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 11304, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 94-3527, R.C.M. 1947; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 63, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 54, L. 1971; redes. 94-8-212 by Sec. 29, Ch. 513, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 37, Ch. 359, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 94-8-212; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 639, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 759, L. 1991.