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[Lord of the Rings] Would Gimli have made a good Ring-bearer?

This was a suggestion mentioned by a theory channel on YouTube, and I currently find it logical enough that it deserves a bit of discussion.

In the movies, Gimli's first and only real interaction with the ring, is to try and immediately destroy it. After that, he hardly seems to care about its existence, but just goes along with the quest as a loyal friend. In fact, he appears to show far less of an interest in the ring than any of the hobbits that ever had it. Adding to all this, the dwarves in general were not known to be susceptible to the influence of the rings, at least not in the same way Sauron had intended.

One point I am not knowledgeable about are the books. Does Gimli act any differently around the ring there? And if not, is the idea of Gimli as a Ring-bearer a viable one?
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Rings of Power affect Dwarves differently than they do Men, possibly because the Dwarves were created by Aulë (a Vala, or "archangel") rather than Eru Ilúvatar (God): they tend to make Dwarves more greedy and selfish, without bringing them under the dominion of Sauron quite so quickly.

So if Gimli had taken the One then he'd  probably have claimed it for himself, resulting in a similar situation to the Battle of the Five Armies: an avaricious Dwarf with a _precious_ artifact, held under siege by multiple parties after fleeing to a stronghold somewhere.  Except in this case, each of the parties besieging Gimli would have been driven to bloodlust by desire for the Ring.

News of this wouldn't have taken long to reach Sauron (or Saruman) and regardless of how the siege was resolved, things wouldn't have ended well for Middle Earth.