By: Schwertner	S.C.R. No. 20
	(In the Senate - Filed March 2, 2021; March 18, 2021, read
	first time and referred to Committee on Administration;
	April 13, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
	Nays 0; April 13, 2021, sent to printer.)
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	SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	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 87th Legislature of the State of Texas
	hereby recognize the original 1847 Colt Walker pistol as the
	official handgun of the State of Texas.
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