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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.htmlReuters 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.
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sarisataka
Nov 2014
OP
Sounds silly but I smell at least one, "Good! They shouldn't glorify a culture of war and violence!"
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#2
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)1. They voted for it
I guess that is what they meant.
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)2. Sounds silly but I smell at least one, "Good! They shouldn't glorify a culture of war and violence!"
DonP
(6,185 posts)4. They may not say it out loud, but yes
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.
ileus
(15,396 posts)3. out with the evil death spewers and killer clipazinesmags