The Barrett Model 82 sniper rifle has been made the official state rifle of Tennessee.
"The rifle has evolved a lot over the last 30 years," said Barrett Rifles President Chris Barrett.
The rifle was designed and built and later picked up by Ronnie Barrett, a man from Murfreesboro and Chris's father. It peaked the interest of the U.S. military and the company ballooned to an international name.
"Thirty-five years ago it most certainly did not look like this," Barrett said, looking around the two warehouse floors that house machines and employees assembling the firearms, "it was my dad in a garage or using machine shop space at night he could get his hands on."
It's possible for this rifle to shoot more than a mile accurately.
The Senate had only one voice of dissent Wednesday: a warning against endorsing private companies.
"If George Dickel and Jack Daniels came to us to be the state whisky, or Goo Goo Clusters and Moon Pies wanted to be the state dessert, anarchy might reign," said Sen. Jeff Yarbro (D, Nashville).
Barrett says there's nothing like an honor from your home state.
"My father was born in Murfreesboro, I was born in Murfreesboro, his idea was from here, this business was built here," he said.
Six other states have official firearms including Alaska, Arizona, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Utah and West Virginia. Their state guns are all historic in nature.
