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January 27, 2011
Profiles in Countermoonbattery: The M1911
Posted by Dave Blount at January 27, 2011 9:32 AM
The tragedy in Tucson was predictably exploited to stoke anti-gun hysteria — but that isn't stopping patriots from acknowledging the honorable role firearms have played in our grand history. This is the 100-year anniversary of the great M1911 — the iconic sidearm that was standard issue in the US military from 1911 to 1985 and continues to be wildly popular to this day. Utah, home to its inventor John Browning, is rightfully proud.
A bill to make the M1911 the official gun of Utah blasted its way through a committee by a 9-2 vote. Moonbats are not pleased:
Gun Violence Prevention Center board member Steve Gunn told The Associated Press honoring the M1911 is wrong because the people who opened fire in most recent U.S. mass shootings used semiautomatic pistols. That includes the Jan. 8 Arizona shooting in which six people were killed and 13 — including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords — were wounded with a Glock pistol.
"It's an embarrassment to the state to have as a symbol that was used only a few weeks ago to kill innocent people," Gunn said.
This is the equivalent of screeching that the Ford Mustang shouldn't be used as a symbol because of a traffic accident involving a Volkswagen. Yes, the moonbat's name really is Gunn.
State Republican Rep. Carl Wimmer has been planning the bill for a year, and isn't about to back down. As he points out:
"There is nothing about the actions of a madman to change the fact that firearms have been used throughout our history to defend American values and traditions."
That will hardly endear them to Democrats. To make matters worse, the M1911 symbolizes America at its mightiest. The gun was designed to replace .38 service revolvers that didn't have sufficient stopping power against Muslim maniacs we were fighting in the Philippines. For decades, while Europeans plinked away with smaller caliber pistols, Yanks let loose with the awesome roar of the .45, the firearm equivalent of the muscular American cars that ruled the roads.
Nowadays we squeeze into government-mandated eco-friendly beer cans on wheels, and shoot multiple times with 9mm Glocks and Berettas to make sure some actual damage is done. But like the Single Action Army that tamed the Wild West, the M1911 will never be forgotten.
On a tip from Muddypaw.
