Marty was a somewhat polarizing figure in the gun industry. He was all no-holds-barred, no sugar-coating bluntness and damned if he didn’t stick to his beliefs. AIWB? No. Revolvers? Yes. Thumbs forward? No. Thumbs down? Yes. Dogs? A resounding yes.
In 2022, the FBI reported only 11 of the 252 active shooter incidents were stopped by an armed citizen. The CRPC identified a total of 281 incidents and 41 of them – or 14.6% – were stopped by an armed citizen.
Get out there and hunt suppressed. It’s great. It’s better. The JK 195 series makes it possible and practical thanks to how it properly controls shot patterns, and now’s the time to take advantage of it.
The prospect of one of the world’s biggest gun makers helping in any way to facilitate this process would not endear it to gun owners, either up in Canaduh or down here in the vastly bigger market south of the 49th parallel.
The September 2025 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,179,424 is an increase of 2.0 percent compared to the September 2024 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 1,156,223.
Clearly, the Bloomberg School’s gun policy survey is really just political advocacy cloaked in research terms conducted by gun control advocates.
The Model 71 may not be as famous as the 73 or 94, but it doesn’t need to be. It stands apart as the last of the great big-game lever guns, uncompromising, overbuilt, and unapologetically made for the hunt.
If America wants to stop the violence, it must expose these lies, hold extremists accountable, and defend the rights of peaceful gun owners. Because anything less isn’t “justice.” It’s political theater at the expense of lives and liberty.
By Arie Perliger, UMass Lowell The fatal shooting of prominent conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10, 2025, has brought
