Utah adopts 1911 as Official State Firearm

Posted March 21, 2011 in News, Pistols by Steve Johnson with 19 Comments
Tags: 1911, handguns, News, pistol, Utah

Reuters reports …

Utah has become the first U.S. state to name an official firearm, placing an automatic pistol on a list of designated symbols, right along with the honeybee and the cutthroat trout.

Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed the bill into law this week, designating the Browning model M1911 automatic pistol as the official state firearm.

Remington 1911 R1 Enhanced

[ Many thanks to rootman, MichaelD & Mr Fahrenheit. for emailing me the info. ]

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