This week, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) signed legislation making the Browning M1911 semiautomatic pistol Utah’s official state gun — and making his state the first to designate a state firearm.Herbert maintains the designation is not actually about the gun itself, but about honoring Utah’s history, the Salt Lake Tribune reports.
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