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!
The brainchild of Chicago-born dentist Richard Jordan Gatling in several of its variations was considered as Indiana's state firearm, since Dr. Gatling first demonstrated it publicly in Indianapolis at the dawn of America's Civil War. But the Pennsylvania long rifle as crafted by Indiana gunsmith John Small was at least as appropriate, since it went back to Indiana's earliest days, Small having served as a Captain of Militia and as the first sheriff in the territory.
Gatling's gun would have been a good choice too, Indiana volunteers having served in Cuba with Roosevelt's 1st Volunteer Cavalry *Rough Riders* with their Gatling battery, Indians Regiments of the Civil War having previouslyfielded the things, and a modern Gatling still serves aboard the indiana Air Guard's aircraft. And at the Hoosier Navy base at Crane, IN, Gatling mini-guns are lovingly rebuilt and maintained at the small arms shop there.
Small's flintlock rifle won the spotlight, but the Gatling may make a starring appearance yet. Those Gatling Guns are hard to ignore.
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