In case you wonder whether to take Gary seriously, Gary is:

Founder and President of the arch-political Montana Shooting Sports Association, referred to as the "junkyard dog of politics" in Montana.
http://www.mtssa.org

Past President of the Montana Rifle and Pistol Association.

Possibly the most successful and effective RKBA political activist in the U.S., having written and lobbied into law over 45 pieces of pro-gun and pro-hunting legislation in Montana, over the past 20 years.
http://www.mtssa.org/successes.phtml
http://www.electmarbut.com/media_500.htm

A Life Member of the NRA.  Former candidate for the NRA Board of Directors.

A former member of the Board of Directors of Gun Owners of America.

Recipient of the SAF/CCRKGA San Gabriel Possenti gun rights achievement award.
http://www.marbut.com/storage/Possenti.JPG

A 20-year competitor in the sport of practical pistol (IPSC) and longtime member of the United States Practical Shooting Association.

A lifetime hunter who hunts elk with a .44 mag revolver.

A devotee of the discipline of precision rifle.
http://www.electmarbut.com/hogtx_500.htm

A firearms instructor who has graduated over 1,100 students (mostly women) from self defense classes in the past ten years.

Certified by the State of Montana to train private security and private investigators.

A member of the International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors.

A manufacturer of shooting range equipment for 20 years.
http://www.targetoperator.com

Author of the book Gun Laws of Montana.
http://www.mtpublish.com

Appointed by two governors to the Montana Governor's Concealed Weapon Permit Advisory Council.

An expert witness in state and federal courts concerning self defense, firearm safety and use of lethal force.
http://www.marbut.com/expert

For 20 years, a member of the Board of Directors and an officer of the Western Montana Fish and Game Association, founded in 1911, Montana's oldest organization of sportsmen and women.

Veteran of the U.S. Army - 1966-1969