Arizona Legislature Approves State Gun — The Colt Revolver
- Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:40am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona lawmakers have approved a bill to recognize a Colt revolver as the state’s official firearm.
The measure won final legislative approval before the session adjourned early Wednesday morning and goes to Gov. Jan Brewer.
The House had rejected the bill earlier in the all-night session but later reconsidered its action and passed it.
Connecticut-based Colt had lobbied to have the official status for the company’s Single-Action Army revolver.
Democratic Rep. Albert Hale, of Window Rock, called it an instrument of destruction. He implored lawmakers to respect American Indians who lived in what is now Arizona before it became a U.S. territory and later a state.
Republican Rep. John Kavanagh, of Fountain Hills, says the designation is appropriate for the revolver, because it was widely used during Arizona territorial days.
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Comments (170)
RightUnite
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 11:02amNice…. I’ll have to get me one.
Report Post »Rokoll
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 11:00amA Texas Ranger, Captain Samuel Walker, wrote Colt a testimonial that read, in part:”Your pistols…[are] the most perfect weapon in the World… to keep the various warlike tribes of Indians and marauding Mexicans in subjection.”
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/colt_hi.html
Report Post »Joisey
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 11:27amA testimonial that is as timely as ever.
Report Post »texasfarmer
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 11:00amAny gun will work for Texas, as long as it’s close at hand.
Report Post »concealled9mms
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 11:28ami agree with that
Report Post »handsoffmystuff
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:59amGod made men. Sam Colt made men equal.
Report Post »Reagan4President
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 9:45pmHell Ya
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:59amImportant legislation! I hope they spend months deilberating the official state bullet next.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 11:06amPersonally, I’d prefer that legislators continued to debate and pass these kinds of laws. There is very little law that ever needed to be made, and what was required was pretty much ironed out about 180 or so years ago. The rest is unnecessary, so in my view, I kind of like that they’d spend more time on these kinds of things.
Report Post »concealled9mms
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 11:17amrepealing laws is all right we dont need new laws just less laws
Report Post »Rokoll
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:58amanother exceptional American, Samuel Colt and his revolving breech pistol won the west and changed warfare forever.
Report Post »geonj
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:57amby all means, have respect for the american indians killing women and children. this gun most likely saved many a territorial settler and deserves recognition. my hat’s off to the Arizona legislature.
Report Post »vidyohs
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:56amTo all the looney lefties where evere and whomever you may be.
Yes the Colt is a weapon whose sole purpose is to frighten, wound, or kill what ever, or whomever, is threatening you with harm or attempting to steal your property.
It is one of those arms that the founding fathers acknowledged is the right of the individual to own and carry, and which natural right would never be infringed.
You looney lefties are always crying about equality, well Samuel Colt did more to make that happen than any other human in history.
Report Post »WillyGoode
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:54amReminds me of one of the best scenes EVER!!!
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b56vwZ_oclw
copatriots
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 12:18pmHear, hear! Love that movie and love that scene!!!
Report Post »Workforit
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 9:42pm“All right youngster… Outchago!”
Good call Willy!
Report Post »steelwhale
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:52amA beautiful gun.Obama and Holder have designs on it all ready.
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 12:45pmObama and holder prefer the Marxist 9( M9 )squirt gun filled with koolaid.
Report Post »Evileye
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:51amThe museum at the old Yuma prison has one that Bell Star used to rob a stagecoach.
Report Post »Would love to add that to my collection.
My Vote for Arizona
BannedByHuffpo
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:50am“44-40“ or ”.45″ ?
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:49amHand Cannon!
Too much kick for me, though.
I like .357 Magnum.
Preferably Glock 31.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 11:17amNice choice.
I’m partial to the Glock 21 (.45 ACP), but only for open carry of course, it’s far too large to try to conceal.
Love me the 1911A1 as well. Guess I’m just enamored with the .45ACP, lol.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 12:37pmCan’t ever go wrong with 1911
Report Post »PER100
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:49amColt 45, be it revolver or 1911, you cant go wrong. history that is still the finest quality!
Report Post »BONETRAUMA
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:48amExcellent choice. And for the 9mm fans….petite.
Report Post »BannedByHuffpo
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:48am“draw!”
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:48amThe 1851 Colt Navy pistol rocked! Oh, Eastwood used it in a few movies too. {:
Report Post »CaptGregg
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 1:59pmMy Uberti replica of the 1851 Navy is one of the most accurate handguns I’ve ever owned! At 25 yards, I can consistantly hit the kill zone on a police silhouette target with it.
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 5:44pmI have the same Uberti 1851 Navy Colt. Extremely accurate and has perfect balance. The same model of pistol was favored by James “Wild Bill” Hickok, arguably the most dangerous gun fighter of them all.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:47amYou go, ARIZONA!!!
Report Post »concealled9mms
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:47amShould be the 50 cal of sheriff joes
Report Post »a_lady_patriot
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:46amWhere can I get me one of those!
Report Post »Two Party Scam
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:56amNow you wouldn’t be trying to potray the south as simply being a bunch of hick would you?
Let me guess, you a gay man living in Chicago, with daddy issues. You need to get back at society for not accepting your alternative lifestyle… so you joined comrade Obamas revolution out of spite. You likely sit in a government office, spending OUR taxdollars while bloggin racist crap against instead of doing your job.
Getting warm red?
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:44amGot one in 44 mag
Report Post »Not as accurate as my s&m 9mm but don’t have too be!
MidWestMom
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:44amExcellent choice!
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:44amSHOULDA PICKED TH 1911
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Report Post »Kris
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:52amAgreed. And really? A revolver? I’ve got nothing against them, but uh, yeah. So, just curious, what is the state saddlebag?
Report Post »IndependentThinker
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:54amUtah already picked the 1911. As for AZ’s choice, I like it. Wouldn’t mind having one myself.
Report Post »Parnell3rd
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 11:06amRevolver? Why yes! They don’t litter!!!!
Report Post »Amren
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 3:08pmDudes!
Report Post »Revolver, Wild West? Get it?
Wyatt Earp didn’t pack a 1911 at the OK Corral as far as I know.
Ya’ll should be happy that states are even doing this.
Sheesh! Kids these days…. No respect for History. Lol!
Two Party Scam
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:42amGuns don’t kill people.
Socialists & Communist kill people.
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 11:03amIf they don’t kill you they will make a slave of you.
Report Post »http://guerillatics.com
thebarbarian
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:13pmtoo true and @ ironman . that‘s true but you know what happens when they work you and don’t feed you because those gluttons won’t share.
as for the guns SWEET! have to admit that i’m a rifleman
Report Post »MEESHEL
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:41amPretty sweet gun!
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:46amIndeed. Samuel Colt has contributed more to human liberty than almost all the politicians in history combined. Huzzah for the Colt Revolver! :)
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:52amGo ahead…make my day!
Report Post »http://guerillatics.com
Mannax
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:53amThat and the Colt 1911 are my two favorite pistols.
Report Post »thegrassroots
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:58amNice! Very Nice! Good Job Arizona!
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 11:01amIt’s a beauty all right! I love a wheel gun. I also have a M1911A1, but the stopping power of the .44mag is amazing. You know why a 9mm has such a large mag.? Cause you’re gonna need ‘em. Sidearms are for close combat – the goal is to stop the target – not p*&^ it off.
Report Post »48
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 11:06amOOOOO that is very nice, actually I havent seen a gun I dont like.
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 11:07amGood news. And in AZ we still respect individuals gun rights.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 11:09amGo Arizona !! Good Choice..
Report Post »I’m going to put my order in for one today.. already got my 1911 A1 and SW357
Arizona is on the Front Line. These are good for up close and personal !!!!..
Old Yahoo Right Winger Semper Fi. Nobama-2012
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 11:26amI like my ruger 357, but I want to get a pump shotgun before they outlaw them. Just point and shoot, you’ll hit them somewhere.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 11:34amI’m moving to AZ…
48
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 11:34am@ANONYMOUS T
Report Post »Look up SAIGA 12 that‘s the shotgun you’ll want. That is one sweet honey.
Cobra Blue
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 12:08pmGreat….now go out and buy one and use it against the drug and gun runners coming across the border. Otheriwise, this all sounds good on paper.
Report Post »TunaBlue
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 12:25pmVery sweet sidearm. I have always enjoyed a nice wheel gun. I used a S&W Model 19 and a Colt Python the first few years on the PD, and the department moved to the semi-auto Beretta 92f. Not much stopping power but a big clip capacity. For the shear enjoyment of shooting, I’ll take the feel and beauty of a S&W or Colt wheel gun any day.
Report Post »Professional Infidel
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 12:30pmJust like mine!!
Report Post »BIGJAYINPA
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 12:36pmI’m kinda partial to my Springfield XD-45 Tactical. Good stop power, large cap magazine and good ergonomics. But for real close quarters work I like my 870 or coach gun in 12ga, especially with combo buck and ball loads.
Report Post »theonefromabove
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 12:43pmI approve of this decision 100%.
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Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 1:10pmI know some Texans that won’t be happy about this. They feel that with the history that Colt revolvers have in Texas, that it should have been their state gun. Colt even named a revolver after a famous Texas Ranger, Samuel Walker. Texas Rangers made the Colt name famous going as far back as the early Paterson, and ‘Texas’ model Colts. Colt’s improved designs were inspired by Texans like Walker and they saw heavy use in the Mexican American War and Indian Wars. Some might say that without Texas, Colt might not have been as successful since Texans helped in the inovation and evolution of the Colt revolver and bought the lions share of them to boot!
Report Post »Then too, Sam Colt was born in Connecticut. Although I doubt they care about it and Colt Firearms lobbied for Arizona……..Still some folks won’t be happy!
Guerrino_P
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 1:28pmBad choice. The Baretta 92F is a much better choice. More destructive. More accurate. Italian made. Much better the American crap.
Report Post »MontanaRob
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:19pm48
Report Post »Posted:
@ANONYMOUS T
Look up SAIGA 12 that‘s the shotgun you’ll want. That is one sweet honey.
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They are nice, I have one as well. But I also have and recommend a Mossberg 930SPX. THAT is most deff-ee-natly the real deal!!!
BetterDays
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:23pmAlways been a python man myself. In balance, weight, and stoping power it takes top marks.
Report Post »robin.kevin
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:50pmI think every state should have a “State Gun” folllowing Utah‘s and Arizona’s lead. I vote Kentucky to be next with the “Kentucky Long Rifle”.
Report Post »Amren
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:59pmThis is why I broke out of the People’s Republic of Kollyfornia! They haven’t found me, yet!
Report Post »I wonder what the state gun of NY would be? A squirt gun? I think that may be too intense for Michael Bloom(ing idiot)berg.
Thoughts?
BIGJAYINPA
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 3:05pmROBIN
Report Post »I feel compelled to interject that the Kentucky Long Rifle was actually devoloped in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Daniel Boone (who was born not far from me in Pa) and the other Frontiersman bought their rifles in Pa and carried them west with them. They were developed by German gunsmiths that settled in William Penns original charter lands. They were very accurate and accounted for a large number of British and Hessian officers during the American Revolution in the hands of skilled marksmen and Rangers.
restorehope
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 3:06pmAnd we’re supposed to ban guns in honor of Indians who lived over 125 years ago? What about the rifles Indians used to attack settlers? Oh that’s right, political correctness only applies to progressive issues. These Dems and their wacky ideas of justice are really looking ridiculous. Too bad they can’t start banning themselves.
Report Post »robin.kevin
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 3:20pmNice bit of history there that I didn’t know. I did however know that Boone used one that he called “tick-licker” and I did also know that they was a large reason why the British were defeated due to being far more accurate then the British military rifles.
However I still think it would be suited well for Kentucky‘s gun since Daniel Boone is associated exploring Kentucky’s wildness, even have a national forest named after him. ;)
Report Post »Lord_Frostwind
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 5:20pmI prefer my States gun, the 1911, over the colt. I’ve never been a big fan of revolvers myself, but they are reliable beasts for sure.
Report Post »101
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 6:34pmLord_Frostwind
Colt makes the 1911…On March 29th, 1911, the Browning-designed, Colt-produced .45 pistol, was selected as the official sidearm of the Armed Forces of U.S.A., and named Model 1911.
Now all gun manufactures build the 1911 frame, originally designed by Browning.
Colt 1911 government model 45 cal is one of the best guns made today!
Report Post »Patrick Henry II
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 6:48pm“God didn’t make all people equal. Colt did.”
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 8:04pm……..
That’s terrible!
Should have chosen the 1911.
Report Post »BlueStrat
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 8:27pm@ Patrick Henry II
I’d always seen that quote as “God created Man, but Sam Colt made him equal.”
It’s hard to know which variation of that quote is correct. The sentiment is insightful and remains the same no matter the common variations, however.
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