Well in Missoula that would be 3/4 of the city on the south side of the tracks. Historically the trouble was on the east side of town and north of the tracks but it’s been a while. And yes I do know the founding members of the “south side gang”. But at that time we were just north of South Ave but mostly the west side of town.
I guess that if the hostage was a Montana college student she could not have defended herself with a firearm on campus since the Democrat Governor vetoed the Campus Carry bill.