Governor signed HB 219 Utah first state with state-designated firearm

(Scott Sommerdorf l The Salt Lake Tribune) The commemorative .22 cal Browning handgun given to the Governor by Christopher Browning, the great grandson of John M. Browning. Utah Governor Gary Herbert made a formal presentation of the resolution declaring Monday. 1/24/2011 as John M. Browning Day to Christopher Browning, the great grandson of John M. Browning, at the noon ceremony on the capitol steps.  Salt Lake Tribune


According to Robert Gehrke's story in the Salt Lake Tribune, Utah is the first state ever to have a state designated firearm.

I did note in my previous post, I wondered how many states have as many state designated items as Utah see Utah Code 63G-1-601 in previous blog.

I wonder if this gift to the Governor had any thing to do with the state-designation of the firearm, which then leads me to wonder how many items listed in the previous post resulted in priceless gifts to the governor and or legislature.