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sarisataka

(18,598 posts)
Thu Nov 20, 2014, 12:07 AM Nov 2014

The benefits begin or Is this really what you meant?

Washington state museum pulls firearms from WWII exhibit over new gun law
Reuters By Victoria Cavaliere
7 hours ago


SEATTLE (Reuters) - A museum in Washington state plans to remove about a dozen borrowed firearms from a World War Two exhibit and return them to their owners to comply with a new gun law that requires background checks for all gun transfers, the institution said on Wednesday.

Washington voters passed legislation earlier this month expanding background checks on all firearms purchases to include sales at guns shows and online, as well for loans and transfers.

The Lynden Pioneer Museum, located about 100 miles north of Seattle and just south of the Canadian border, said that as a result it was pulling all 11 of the World War Two-era guns in its exhibit, "Over the Beach: The WWII Pacific Theater," before the law takes effect.

"The museum will be returning these guns to their owners because as of Dec. 4, we would be in violation of the law if we had loaned firearms that had not undergone the background check procedure," the museum said in a statement.
https://tv.yahoo.com/news/washington-state-museum-pulls-firearms-wwii-exhibit-over-203715826.html
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The benefits begin or Is this really what you meant? (Original Post) sarisataka Nov 2014 OP
They voted for it Duckhunter935 Nov 2014 #1
Sounds silly but I smell at least one, "Good! They shouldn't glorify a culture of war and violence!" Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2014 #2
They may not say it out loud, but yes DonP Nov 2014 #4
out with the evil death spewers and killer clipazinesmags ileus Nov 2014 #3
 

DonP

(6,185 posts)
4. They may not say it out loud, but yes
Thu Nov 20, 2014, 12:24 PM
Nov 2014

There will be quiet golf claps from the usual suspects that guns are now something to be hidden from public view.

Even the ones that saved lives historically, like my uncle's WWII Garand, are something to be ashamed of for some folks.

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