Manual

Introduction

American

exceptionalism

is that quality, Americans possess and embrace, which denes our culture and differentiates us from

cultures throughout the world. Americans believe we can accomplish anything and that we can make these accomplishments

without government aid. Furthermore, Americans believe it is foundational to our culture that government shall not interfere

with these just aspirations and that American individualism and aspiration are God given, where government’s only role can be

to protect this freedom.

Any opposition to this concept is opposition to the ideologies the American Founder’s fought for, and in fact—anti-American.

After spending my whole working life in the plastics industry, plying my trade and honing my skill, it was my can-do spirit

engrained in my “American” upbringing that made me think I might build a product that fellow Americans would nd

appealing. Watching California gun manufacturers claim bankruptcy, one after another, my pugnacious character provoked me

to consider manufacturing a handgun in this most hostile environment; not to spite California politicians, but because it just

seemed the “American” thing to do.

In an industry where manufacturers and dealers are continually under assault by politicians and activists, and forced to spend

large amounts of money in legal defense, I found it understandable that they tend to keep a low prole, advertising primarily

in trade journals and industry publications, avoiding provocative attention. While understandable, this strategy would not be

one that would dene the FMK Firearms Company.

Visiting with gun dealers, it became evident early on that I was not alone in my passion and love for American virtues and

American freedoms. The FMK Firearms Company is proud to brag about these virtues and has a unique opportunity to promul-

gate these ideas being so fortunate to address a clientele also committed to these principles. We are proud to be a boisterous

advocate for American freedoms and a pugnacious opponent to any policies which threaten them.