Carl Wimmer's State Gun Bill - A waste of time.

Yesterday I heard about Representative Carl Wimmer's legislation for naming a state gun.  KSL.com has a nice little article on this here. Realizing what a waste of time and money this would be, I quickly sent out a tweet to Mr. Wimmer to express my dissatifaction to this bill.


I tweeted:

Hey @CarlWimmer this is a waste of time and tax payer money, don't you have better things to do with your time!http://j.mp/dGng0X #utpol

 His reply:

@BenJoeM2 #utpol I suppose you expressed the same feelings when they designated the dutch oven, seagull and blue spruce official emblems?

From there following conversation began:

ME: Did you just compare the state bird to a gun? RT @CarlWimmer: #utpol Did you expressed same feelings when they designated the seagull?

Carl Wimmer: @BenJoeM2 #utpol oh I see. So its not about the "waste of time" its about your anti-gun stance? I see.

ME: I own a gun dude! stp twisting words & find a real bill RT @CarlWimmer: #utpol So its not abt "waste of time" its abt your anti-gun stance?

ME: @CarlWimmer Here is a nice pic of my Browning Pump, I can not believe you would stoop so low, you've just shown your true colors. ttp://twitpic.com/3e4f36

Carl Wimmer: @BenJoeM2 just trying to figure out why you don't think it appropriate to honor John Browning and his contributions to defending America...because the M1911 has done far more for Utah and the U.S than a dutch oven, blue spruce, elk, beehive or sego lily.

ME: @CarlWimmer because the economy sucks and we have more important things to worry about like saving money. Lets honor him later...and who cares! Lets save money and work Utahs real issues like education and the economy not whether the M1911 saved America.

Our conversation stimulated other tweets as well including:

@J_Kane @CarlWimmer's "State Firearm" proposal is a pointless and purely symbolic waste of time. I say this as a lover of guns & the 1911. #utpol 

@utahdiatribe It is now clear that @CarlWimmer is NOT a fiscal conservative. Prefers to waste taxpayer money with frivolous nonsense (state gun).#utpol

and... @CarlWimmer Perhaps I was harsh, but IMHO any money spent on a state gun in these hard economic times is frivolous waste.

@bbart76  @CarlWimmer Can we have a state jello & make vanilla our state ice cream?#greenjellowithcarrots

@cboyack @CarlWimmer The counter point, I think, is that govt.'s proper role is to secure the rights of its citizens, not honor people. #utpol

Plus we can't forget Bagley's wonderful cartoon in today's Tribune: Bagley's Carl Wimmer Cartoon

In the end, I am terribly disappointed in Mr. Wimmer's attempt to not only waste our money but also to twist my words, his true self has come forward.  I hope he stops wasting our time with this pointless bill and moves on to fixing our real problems in Utah.