Little-Acorn
11-20-2014, 01:00 PM
A few weeks ago as the Democrat agenda was being rejected wholesale by the American people, Washington state swam briefly against the wave, passing a ballot proposition saying that any transfer of firearms from one person to another must have a background check. It contains a few exceptions for shooting ranges, law enforcement etc.It goes into effect on Dec. 4.
One effect of this new law, is that if you and a friend are plinking at tin cans from your back porch in a rural area in Washington state, and he asks if he can try your gun for a few shots and you hand it to him, you are immediately guilty of a felony.
Another is that if you loan your gun to a museum, the museum is immediately guilty of a felony.
And now a museum is eliminating part of a historical display, forced to give it up by this law.
But you can feel safer now in Washington state, knowing that friends plinking tin cans and museums putting up displays are now going to jail if they don't change their ways.
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http://www.kogo.com/articles/national-news-104668/museum-will-remove-world-world-iiera-12992068/
Museum Will Remove World War II-Era Rifles Because Of New State Law
Posted Thursday, November 20th 2014 @ 10am
by Chuck Ross
A museum in Lynden, Wash. has decided to return 11 World World II-era rifles to their owners because of a state law passed earlier this month that requires background checks on gun transfers.
The Lynden Pioneer Museum will comply with the law, Initiative 594, rather than fight it, The Bellingham Herald reports.
The museum’s exhibit, “Over the Beach: The WWII Pacific Theater,” had the 11 rifles on display along with photographs and journals from the era as well as military vehicles and radios.
It will continue until May 1, but without the guns.
“The museum will be returning these guns to their owners because as of Dec 4th, we would be in violation of the law if we had loaned firearms that had not undergone the background check procedure,” reads the museum’s website. “Nor would we be able to return those firearms unless the owners completed the back ground check procedure.”
Included in the arsenal is an anti-tank rifle, a Johnson M1941 and a Japanese infantry rifle, museum director Troy Luginbill told the Herald.
Luginbill said he was unable to find a work-around to the law, which requires background checks for any sales or transfers of guns.
One effect of this new law, is that if you and a friend are plinking at tin cans from your back porch in a rural area in Washington state, and he asks if he can try your gun for a few shots and you hand it to him, you are immediately guilty of a felony.
Another is that if you loan your gun to a museum, the museum is immediately guilty of a felony.
And now a museum is eliminating part of a historical display, forced to give it up by this law.
But you can feel safer now in Washington state, knowing that friends plinking tin cans and museums putting up displays are now going to jail if they don't change their ways.
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http://www.kogo.com/articles/national-news-104668/museum-will-remove-world-world-iiera-12992068/
Museum Will Remove World War II-Era Rifles Because Of New State Law
Posted Thursday, November 20th 2014 @ 10am
by Chuck Ross
A museum in Lynden, Wash. has decided to return 11 World World II-era rifles to their owners because of a state law passed earlier this month that requires background checks on gun transfers.
The Lynden Pioneer Museum will comply with the law, Initiative 594, rather than fight it, The Bellingham Herald reports.
The museum’s exhibit, “Over the Beach: The WWII Pacific Theater,” had the 11 rifles on display along with photographs and journals from the era as well as military vehicles and radios.
It will continue until May 1, but without the guns.
“The museum will be returning these guns to their owners because as of Dec 4th, we would be in violation of the law if we had loaned firearms that had not undergone the background check procedure,” reads the museum’s website. “Nor would we be able to return those firearms unless the owners completed the back ground check procedure.”
Included in the arsenal is an anti-tank rifle, a Johnson M1941 and a Japanese infantry rifle, museum director Troy Luginbill told the Herald.
Luginbill said he was unable to find a work-around to the law, which requires background checks for any sales or transfers of guns.