Many have long wondered: “I know our state bird, but what is our state gun to shoot it with?” Now, in Utah, the uncertainty may soon be over. State lawmakers are moving toward adopting the Browning M1911 as the official state gun.
This will of course be a bitter disappointment for those who find the Deringer to be a cute gun, but of course that is more an option for Pennsylvania since the first model was from Philadelphia. Then there are the Thompson machine gun advocates, but John Bell Blish the first patent holder hails from Indiana.
John Browning was a Utah native. He invented the single-action, semi-automatic gun in 1911. It was a magazine-fed and recoil-operated .45 calibre.
It would now join the other state symbols, including the state cooking pot (Dutch oven), and the state folk dance (Square dance). The state bird is something of a surprise (California Seagull). Indeed, given Utah concealed weapon permits, you can bring your state Browning gun with your California Seagull stew in your Dutch oven to your neighborhood square dance. If that does not show you are a true Utahan I do not know what would qualify.
Source: Daily Mail
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If its the official state gun….would it be illegal to possess one even with a concealed permit…..
pete-
Cheerleaders in “Little House on the Prairie” dresses. Cool!
HenMan
the Utah Polygamists would be a much better team name. their cheerleaders can be one guy and 6 or 7 really plain women.
Henman,
Believe it or not, Utah has at least one good brewery.
Monkshine is exactly what a Belgian Pale Ale should taste like.
http://www.uintabrewing.com/
Blouise,
Great rendition by the marching band!
HenMan,
I don’t know about the beer sales, but I don’t think the special Mormaon underwear has made it into NBA contracts yet!
Raff-
Must have been a painful move for the players. From Fun City to Dullsville. Do they have to wear the protective Mormon underwear under their uniforms? Do they serve beer at the arena, or only the milk of human kindness.
rafflaw,
Yep, McCoys but here’s the OSU band with the O H I O:
Blouise,
Hang on Sloopy was a great song. Was it the Mccoys that sand that?
Stanford, that trailer was hilarious! It almost seemed like a SNL skit!
If the Utah state legislature is going to waste its time, and I’ve got some time to kill right now, I suggest –
State movie: Orgazmo
Joe Young was a simple young man trying to spread the word of the Book of Mormon when he picked the wrong house to preach at!
Ohio is the only state to have an official rock song. … “Hang On Sloopy” … and that is all I have to say about that!
Gyges and HenMan,
Well done. HenMan, the Jazz have that name because they moved the franchise from New Orleans to Utah. What a move that was!
Utah’s State Bird: The Loon
Utah’s State Animal: The Weasel
All Time Worst Name for a Sports Team: Utah Jazz (Isn’t it illegal to listen to jazz in Utah?)
Politicians using a completely meaningless symbolic gesture to appeal to a segment of society? I don’t believe it.
Utah also has an official State IQ – 70
HenMan,
Very good!
The Utah State Bullet, of course, will be the “dum-dum”.
I can only imagine why a State has to have an Official State Gun! Wow! WWBTD?
1911? It ought to be the BAR (probably his most famous gun) or the M2 .50 cal, also referred to as “Ma Deuce”, still being used by the United States in countries around the world.
You could throw quite a few guns onto that list. Browning was possibly the most prolific of all firearms designers, and aside from the ones he directly designed, there are many, many more that were influenced by his work.