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We here at the World’s Most Dangerous Beauty Salon, Inc., the Official Beauty Salon for the 2011 World Series, have just heard the almost worst news ever.

Apparently nothing says patriotism like the cold, hard steel of an M1911, .45-caliber handgun — designed with love by a local gunmaker.

Which is probably why Utah state Rep. Carl Wimmer (R) wants to make it Utah’s official state firearm.

The last thing Texas needs is an Official State Firearm but I see it happening anyway.  The floor debate would last several weeks, resulting in busted chandeliers, holes in the portrait of Jim Hogg, and powder burns on Dan Patrick’s hands.

I read something funny last week:  A dance hall is where you go to dance with your wife.  A honkey tonk is where you go to dance with someone else’s wife.  Juanita wants to add, “An ice house is where you go to test your firearm on someone else’s husband.