Legislators in the Grand Canyon State currently aim to name the Colt Single Action Army Revolver as Arizona's official state gun, allegedly in memory of its 19th-century frontier days. And what a meaningful honor that would be, right?
Now, when some little item like this pops up in the news to break the hopelessly depressing monotony of faraway really important events, a cynic could suspect that....
...a lobbyist for some gunmaker was behind the stunt. And that cynic would be right on target, bull's-eye, dead center.
"Arizona was founded by rugged individuals," says Todd Rathner, who does helpful political things for the benefit of a certain gunmaker who patented the revolver mechanism back in 1836, old Andrew Jackson's day. "They took care of themselves and did so largely with a Colt Single Action Army Revolver on their hip.”