Bill Text: TX HCR51 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Designating the 1847 Colt Walker pistol as the official state handgun of Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-07 - Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism [HCR51 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HCR51-Introduced.html
85R1299 E | ||
By: Lang | H.C.R. No. 51 |
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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 85th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby recognize the original 1847 Colt Walker pistol as the | ||
official handgun of the State of Texas. |