HB224--OFFICIALSTATERIFLE
SPONSOR: Boyd
COMMITTEEACTION:Voted"DoPass"bytheSpecialCommitteeon
Tourismbyavoteof9to0.
ThisbilldesignatestheHawkenrifle,amuzzle-loadingriflefirst
manufacturedinSt.Louis,astheofficialstaterifleofthestate
ofMissouri.
PROPONENTS: SupporterssaythattheHawkenrifleisamuzzle-
loadingriflethatwaswidelyusedontheprairiesandintheRocky
MountainsoftheUnitedStatesduringtheearlyfrontierdays.The
Hawkenriflewasrevolutionaryandwasinventedandmanufacturedin
Missouri. PeoplefromallaroundtheworldcollectHawkenrifles.
TestifyinginpersonforthebillwereRepresentative Boyd;Abate
ForMissouri;PaulFennewald;ArthurJ.Russel;BrianFlowers;and
KyleCarroll.
OPPONENTS: Therewasnooppositionvoicedtothecommittee.
Writtentestimonyhasbeensubmittedforthisbill.Thefull
writtentestimonyandwitnessestestifyingonlinecanbefound
underTestimonyonthebillpageontheHousewebsite.