MADISON COUNTY — The sweet scent of charcoal smoke, tinged with sulphur, drifted through the brisk fall air as a gunshot echoed off the nearby hillside, carrying across the rushing current of the Madison River.

For a brief moment, the patch of private land, transformed into a makeshift gun range for the day, fell silent. Then another shot cracked through the stillness, followed by another and another, as many first-time shooters began to find their rhythm, gaining confidence with each pull of the trigger.

The budding empowerment was exactly what organizers hoped the event would inspire. On Sunday afternoon, the Gallatin Community Gun Club partnered with Big Sky Out and Queer Bozeman to host its second Gays 'N Guns event, after the first, in August, sold out within hours of launching.

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