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An official, State Gun?

Postby John S. on Wed Jan 26, 2011 5:32 pm

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2011/01/26 ... lnk3|39427

Despite concerns about timing, Utah lawmakers are moving ahead with a bill designating the Browning 1911 pistol as the official state gun.
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Re: An official, State Gun?

Postby diskdoctr on Wed Jan 26, 2011 5:38 pm

That is interesting
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Re: An official, State Gun?

Postby xd ED on Wed Jan 26, 2011 6:59 pm

The Great Seal of the State of Minnesota became official in 1861, with the present design legislated in 1983. It depicts a barefoot farmer plowing his field near St. Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River. His axe is driven into a tree trunk, with his rifle and powderhorn nearby. An Indian on horseback rides south, a summer setting sun in the background. The state motto, "L'Etoile du Nord", or "Star of the North", appears on a banner above the scenery. Around these images is the outermost ring, which reads "The Great Seal of the State of Minnesota". The bottom of the outer ring contains the date 1858, which is when Minnesota gained statehood.
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Re: An official, State Gun?

Postby Snowgun on Wed Jan 26, 2011 8:01 pm

xd ED wrote:The Great Seal of the State of Minnesota became official in 1861, with the present design legislated in 1983. It depicts a barefoot farmer plowing his field near St. Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River. His axe is driven into a tree trunk, with his rifle and powderhorn nearby. An Indian on horseback rides south, a summer setting sun in the background. The state motto, "L'Etoile du Nord", or "Star of the North", appears on a banner above the scenery. Around these images is the outermost ring, which reads "The Great Seal of the State of Minnesota". The bottom of the outer ring contains the date 1858, which is when Minnesota gained statehood.
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Re: An official, State Gun?

Postby RobD on Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:35 am

Snowgun wrote:Oh man, we get stuck with a muzzeloader?


And with French.
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Re: An official, State Gun?

Postby DeanC on Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:38 am

A state gun would be much less embarrassing than a state muffin.
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Re: An official, State Gun?

Postby Pezhead on Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:55 am

I bet we could come up with some other ones.
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Re: An official, State Gun?

Postby JoeH on Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:48 am

State Muffin?

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Re: An official, State Gun?

Postby SAM on Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:35 am

JoeH wrote:State Muffin?

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Re: An official, State Gun?

Postby DeanC on Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:05 am

I'd like to cram one down her throat so she shuts up.

I'm not a big MPR fan, but they got one right:
Erik Paulsen: work horse
Michele Bachmann: show horse
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Re: An official, State Gun?

Postby xd ED on Thu Jan 27, 2011 4:59 pm

RobD wrote:
Snowgun wrote:Oh man, we get stuck with a muzzeloader?


And with French.

At times the MN State Seal has come 'under fire'. It shows an indigenous being chased off the land, a chopped down tree stump, a....(gasp) firearm, mother earth being ripped open, and perhaps most offensive to some modern tastes: someone actually working... :o
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Re: An official, State Gun?

Postby hammAR on Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:21 pm

xd ED wrote:At times the MN State Seal has come 'under fire'. It shows an indigenous being chased off the land, a chopped down tree stump, a....(gasp) firearm, mother earth being ripped open, and perhaps most offensive to some modern tastes: someone actually working... :o


At least PETA cant get mad,
it's not the white man abusing the horse........
he is pushing his own plow......
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Re: An official, State Gun?

Postby xd ED on Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:09 pm

DeanC wrote:I'd like to cram one down her throat so she shuts up.

I'm not a big MPR fan, but they got one right:
Erik Paulsen: work horse
Michele Bachmann: show horse


Don't forget our jr senator:
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Re: An official, State Gun?

Postby DeanC on Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:59 pm

xd ED wrote:Don't forget our jr senator:

LOL - well played.
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Re: An official, State Gun?

Postby PHATSPEED7x on Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:17 am

Since Magnum Research, and DPMS are both in MN I think we should have either a AR, or a Desert Eagle as our state gun.
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