Editing Raven Arms (section)

==History==
Before Jennings developed the MP-25, a friend who owned a pawn shop that sold firearms complained to Jennings that his supply of inexpensive imported handguns (typically made by [[Röhm Gesellschaft]]) had been cut off due to the Gun Control Act of 1968, resulting in a significant loss of sales. At the time, Jennings operated a machine shop that made parts for Southern California aerospace companies. Jennings established Raven Arms to produce the first Raven, the P-25 for his friend, and over the next 20 years, the company sold approximately two million variations of the pistols. The first variation of the Raven had a large button sliding safety on the side, and was manufactured in Baldwin Park, California. The second variation changed the safety to a smaller sliding safety, but retained the designation of P-25, and was manufactured in Industry, California (as were all other subsequent Ravens). The third variation changed the design of the pistol slide serrations and was designated the MP-25. The fourth and final variation of the pistol removed the sliding safety and changed it to an upward moving disk safety and retained the designation MP-25.<ref name="BrownAbel2010">{{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=Peter Harry|last2=Abel|first2=Daniel G.|title=Outgunned: Up Against the NRA: The First Complete Insider Account of the Battle Over Gun Control|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DgXlZjWcKUUC&pg=PA157|date=June 15, 2010|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster|Simon and Schuster]]|location=New York|isbn=978-1-4516-0353-8|pages=57, 157}}</ref> In parallel with this growth, gun-control advocates started pushing legislation in [[Washington D.C.|Washington]], in state capitals, and in city councils to ban inexpensive weapons.

In November 1991, a fire destroyed the Raven Arms factory. Jennings retired and sold his designs to [[Phoenix Arms]].<ref name="BrownAbel2010"/> Phoenix was owned in equal shares by Jennings's ex-wife, his children, four of his grandchildren, and by Raven's former general manager. Phoenix continued to produce the MP-25 as the "Model Raven" and introduced a magazine safety disconnect which rendered the pistol unable to fire without a magazine inserted<ref name="BrownAbel2010"/> Phoenix was run under the management of Jennings's son Bruce, and developed additional .22 and .25-caliber pistols, called the [[Phoenix Arms HP22|HP22 and HP25]].