Governor Greg Abbott of the great state of Texas is a leader who gets it…he understands what “common sense” gun laws should be. Need proof?
Good buddy Paul alerted me to Governor Abbott’s proclamation, and I like it. I used to live in Texas, you know. Sometimes I wonder why I moved.
In case you were wondering, here’s what the Resolution for such an act looks like:
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The original 1847 Colt Walker pistol was
historically crucial to the early survival of the great State of Texas; and
WHEREAS, The original 1847 Colt Walker pistol was an essential tool in the defeat of the Mexican army during the Mexican-American War to reclaim Texas, the 28th state of the Union; and
WHEREAS, The co-inventor of the original 1847 Colt Walker pistol, Samuel Walker, was a captain in the Texas Rangers, the first state police agency in the country; and
WHEREAS, The original 1847 Colt Walker pistol was America’s first pistol to hold six rounds, otherwise known as a “six-shooter”; and
WHEREAS, The original 1847 Colt Walker pistol is still the most powerful black powder pistol in existence; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas hereby recognize the original 1847 Colt Walker pistol as the official handgun of the State of Texas.
That’s pretty cool.
We’ve written about the Walker Colt, its history, and the Uberti replica of that great gun before. I haven’t shot mine yet, but that’s a character flaw I aim to correct in the near future. When I do you’ll read about it here on the ExNotes blog. At the risk of being redundant, here are a few excerpts from our previous Colt Walker blogs:
And one more…a photo I like a lot. It’s my Uberti duo…the Colt Walker and a Single Action Army.
There’s more good gun stuff here, folks.
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