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Hmmm. So would that mean the state will supply the "state firearm" to anyone who is a resident (legal of course) in the state if they would like one? Link to The Guardian article:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/09/texas-official-state-gun-cannon

Notice, if you go to the guardian, the blurb above the pic: The cannon could become the next Texas symbol in state known for "LAX GUN CONTROL LAWS"(as if that's a bad thing?), as lawmakers also consider selecting a state handgun and state knife... Those brits huh? Notice that one of the firearms being considered is the 1847 Colt Walker used in the American-Mexican war. Wouldn't that be a trigger to some of hiss-panic heritage? There is so much to work with here.

1 posted on 04/10/2017 7:41:30 AM PDT by rktman
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Ooops! Active link:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/09/texas-official-state-gun-cannon


2 posted on 04/10/2017 7:42:20 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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Build the wall, Texas.

If we do not, then nothing else will matter.


3 posted on 04/10/2017 7:43:00 AM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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Samuel Colt’s .45...”The Gun That Won the West”....


4 posted on 04/10/2017 7:46:26 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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My vote:


5 posted on 04/10/2017 7:46:31 AM PDT by Slyfox (Where's Reagan when we need him? Look in the mirror - the spirit of The Gipper lives within you.)
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I know Pennsylvania has an official state gun, and maybe six or seven other states as well. Most are of Civil War vintage or earlier, so no handouts. Chin up!


6 posted on 04/10/2017 7:48:23 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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Ah here we go:

“A state firearm has only been designated by eight of the fifty States in the United States: Alaska, Arizona, Utah, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Tennessee.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_firearms


8 posted on 04/10/2017 7:50:38 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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The Texas state dish is chili

Is that with or without beans?

FLAME ON!
10 posted on 04/10/2017 7:54:00 AM PDT by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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The Texas state firearm has to be the 1847 Colt Walker.


12 posted on 04/10/2017 7:54:54 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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I just had a long talk with Jerry Brown and convinced him to designate a California Official State Firearm. He immediately agreed to do so and sent me a photo of the gun that he is going to recommend to the legislature. He promised quick action on the bill.


13 posted on 04/10/2017 7:56:02 AM PDT by InterceptPoint (Ted, you finally endorsed. About time.)
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A Handgun or rifle used at the Alamo.
15 posted on 04/10/2017 8:00:14 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country.)
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It’s all well and good but our legislature only meets every other year so it may not be the best use their time. At any rate, I vote Desert Eagle. This is TEXAS and as the James McMurtry song goes: That’s one big ‘ol pistol made by bad ass Hebrews. Also his dad is Larry McMurtry, author of Lonesome Dove. Kinda fits . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nggqe-L9ZQ8


17 posted on 04/10/2017 8:01:40 AM PDT by t4texas
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Colt .45 single action. Don’t care about real Texas history, I want the gun John Wayne Texas gun to win.


18 posted on 04/10/2017 8:09:58 AM PDT by dangerdoc (disgruntled)
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I would recommend the 75.cal East India pattern Brown Bess. That was the weapon that Santa Ana’s Army was equipped with during the Texas Revolution


19 posted on 04/10/2017 8:18:09 AM PDT by Bull Snipe (ueewl ocwe)
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"... including an official pollinator (the western honey bee)..."

In Arkansas that's Bill Clinton.

21 posted on 04/10/2017 8:22:15 AM PDT by mlo
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Colt Walker is first choice.
Runner up would be Colt 1851 Navy. Many cowboys carried them.


22 posted on 04/10/2017 8:23:18 AM PDT by buffaloguy
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Too easy.......


23 posted on 04/10/2017 8:33:19 AM PDT by Envisioning (Trump is imposing the people's will on it's government......)
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"LAX GUN CONTROL LAWS"

Never mind Texas outlawed handgun carry in the 1870s - allowing concealed carry in 1995.
25 posted on 04/10/2017 8:42:20 AM PDT by stylin19a (Terrorists - "just because you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't there")
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Gotta be the Colt SA Army in .45 cal.


26 posted on 04/10/2017 8:46:33 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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What?

A Texas official state item thread without bluebonnets?

Fixed.

27 posted on 04/10/2017 8:46:51 AM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America.)
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Winchester 73...


36 posted on 04/10/2017 9:51:21 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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