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Arizona to declare a state gun
Arizona, where a gunman killed six people last month, is moving to proclaim a state gun.
The state Senate Appropriations Committee voted 9-4 early Wednesday to go ahead with the bill, which has 43 sponsors, the Associated Press reported.
In a state already criticized for lax gun laws, the legislators want to honour the 19th century Colt Single Action Army Revolver because it was instrumental in “settling the Arizona Territory.”
On Tuesday, new photographs were released of Jared Loughner, who is accused of opening fire at a community event Jan. 8, killing six people and injuring others, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who is recovering from a bullet to her head.
The bill notes Arizona already has a state fossil (petrified wood); a state bird (the cactus wren); a state flower (the pure white waxy flower of the Saguaro cactus); a state tree (the Palo Verde); state neckwear (the Bola tie); a state gemstone (turquoise); state animals (the ringtail, the Arizona ridgenose rattlesnake, the Arizona trout and the Arizona tree frog); a state insect (the two-tailed swallowtail butterfly) and a state nickname (the Grand Canyon State).
Only one other U.S. state has moved to adopt an official firearm. Utah legislators have passed a bill making the Browning M1911, a semi-automatic pistol, the Utah state gun.
Arizona, where a gunman killed six people last month, is moving to proclaim a state gun.
The state Senate Appropriations Committee voted 9-4 early Wednesday to go ahead with the bill, which has 43 sponsors, the Associated Press reported.
In a state already criticized for lax gun laws, the legislators want to honour the 19th century Colt Single Action Army Revolver because it was instrumental in “settling the Arizona Territory.”
On Tuesday, new photographs were released of Jared Loughner, who is accused of opening fire at a community event Jan. 8, killing six people and injuring others, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who is recovering from a bullet to her head.
The bill notes Arizona already has a state fossil (petrified wood); a state bird (the cactus wren); a state flower (the pure white waxy flower of the Saguaro cactus); a state tree (the Palo Verde); state neckwear (the Bola tie); a state gemstone (turquoise); state animals (the ringtail, the Arizona ridgenose rattlesnake, the Arizona trout and the Arizona tree frog); a state insect (the two-tailed swallowtail butterfly) and a state nickname (the Grand Canyon State).
Only one other U.S. state has moved to adopt an official firearm. Utah legislators have passed a bill making the Browning M1911, a semi-automatic pistol, the Utah state gun.
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