What the holy heck is it with Idahoans??? They had an advisory question on the ballot to choose a STATE GUN!!! There were 6 choices!
My BF said: “Wild West… They ain’t right.”
Just for laughs, I would have liked to have seen someone put a 203mm howitzer on the ballot option list.
As discussed in another thread 10 US states already have state guns. Idaho is now #11.
Why they’re so late to the party is the better question.
Also as discussed elsewhere, these meaningless raw meat initiatives are entirely about goosing RW turnout.
That makes them the 11th. Going back to 2011.
Latecomers.
But of course @LSLGuy ninjas me. Quicker on the draw, that guy.
Your large caliber cite surely defeats my puny inadequate I’m first armor. Bang! I’m dead. 
On a more serious note, your cite shows that 8 states’ choices are Wild West era historical firearms.
Utah picked a WW-I era pistol still in wide use today.
And Tennessee went for a modern invention military / civilian large bore rifle much beloved by the ammosexual brigade. In their defense it is designed & produced in TN.
Idaho had 3 Wild West era choices and 3 WW-I - WW-II era choices. I don’t know which gun won.
The most amazing thing about this ridiculousness is that the AR-15 wasn’t one of the options. That is the gun that is idolized and fetishized around these parts (I live in the “North Idaho” region - I also hate “North Idaho”).
Or some other silly “gun.” (I live here) The temptation was strong to do so, but writing in something would invalidate one’s entire ballot.
Which was the brainchild and masterpiece of a Utah legend: John Moses Browning. Very representative of Utah’s place in firearms history. (At least, firearms that are both legendary and the kind you want the public to be aware of. Civilians don’t need to linger on the Browning machine guns or the BAR, for instance.)
Not quite: Kentucky and Pennsylvania both chose pre-Revolutionary War era historical firearms.
The one that won the west AKA was known for being used to kill native Americans:
P.S. Am I missing something? Does won the west have another interpretation?
Sure, it’s a bit silly, but besides the official gun all states have silly official things.
I’m disappointed in you people. Not one of you suggested “potato” as the State Gun.
In addition to the state gun, Utah also has a state dinosaur AND a state fossil (which is a different dinosaur).
You weren’t allowed a write in choice. I think they did this just to try and draw in more Republicans to the mid-terms.
I’d have guessed “the one Hemingway shot himself with.”
Barely Moderating:
This thread is reading a lot more like a mild rant than an actual P&E discussion of the ballot measure and it’s merits (if any). I’ve DM’d the OP for input, but as it stands there’s a good chance of moving it to the Pit.
No warnings or notes directed at anyone, just a cautionary mention.
Here is a legal humor website which has a dedicated series of articles for things such as official state guns: Official State Crap – Lowering the Bar. If one wants a primer on pointless declarations of Official State [Whatever], this is a darn good, and fun, place to start. Note there are 4 pages of links to more pages of official state crap.
So they are really Commonwealth Guns.
Not so much. The US never issued that gun for use in the Indian wars period. It was the Springfield Model 1873/1884, and similar. I suppose a few settlers might have defended themselves with a Winchester.
Well, then, who lost when the gun won the west? Buffalos?