Are we Mice or are we Men?

[davemotohead]

Amazing! https://tv.yahoo.com/news/washington-st ... 15826.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[bbodie52]

Washington state museum pulls firearms from WWII exhibit over new gun law

Reuters By Victoria Cavaliere

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.

The exhibit includes vintage weapons and military equipment used during the war, as well as letters, photographs and other memorabilia and artifacts collected from veterans, said Troy Luginbill, the museum's director.

The weapons being returned to their owners include a rare Japanese flare pistol and an anti-tank rifle used in the war, he said.

"The board decided 11 firearms are not worth the chance of getting the museum shut down," Luginbill said. "We aren't trying to make a political statement."

Though the law has limited provisions for antiques and family members, the guns used in the display, on loan from individual collectors, do not qualify for either exemption, he said.

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson's office said in a statement that there have not been any lawsuits filed against the background check legislation, I-594, nor were there any opinion requests for guidance in the matter.

"Therefore, at this point we have no interpretations of the initiative to offer to the public beyond the text of the measure itself," a spokeswoman for Ferguson said.

(Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Eric Beech)

Does this mean that static displays of WWII bombers and fighters will have to be removed, or that the guns included in the military aircraft will have to be removed? Pull the fangs from those nasty historical aircraft! Look out! The Seattle Museum of Flight and others may be next!

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LOOK! A GUUUUN!!!
IN SEATTLE!
Call the cops or the politicians!

[64powerglide]

What that really means is "stock up on all the guns & ammo you can afford right now before it to late." You can usually find them at estate auctions.

[BIGTWIN]

LOOK OUT! HE'S GOT A GUN!

[64powerglide]

So did Oswald!!!

[BIGTWIN]

OSWALD? Really? "When guns are outlawed, only the outlaws will have guns"
More people are killed every year by medical malpractice than by guns, maybe we should outlaw doctors too.

[64powerglide]

I have yet to see anyone try to have automobile control, just look at how many people are killed in automobiles every year. This country is being run by a bunch of idiots who are going to get the rest of us smart people killed, well the rest of you smart people!!

[MBlaster1]

They can get mine out of my cold dead hands!!! and no other way.

[91blaze]

The guns are being given back to their owners, not to the government. Stop making a fuss over it.

[davemotohead]

Stop making a fuss over it? Its the most UN-American thing I have heard of in my Entire Life! Political correctness B.S. to the 10th degree,Sheer STUPIDITY! and Funny to think those same Guns were used to Stop Hitler and the Japanese from Taking over the world and Maintaining Freedom, Without those Guns you would not have the Freedom you have today,,you would be eating with chop sticks or Goose stepping,,Think About it? Also did you see the school who canceled Christmas? Because Muslims complained? This is AMERICA! everyone else can F- off!

[64powerglide]

What Dave said.

[Fast Eddie]

Don't forget the nose cannon on the ME 109.....

[bbodie52]

Sorry that I overlooked that little pop gun! My father was a writer and aviation historian — if he were still alive he would be mad at me!

If you want to see a discussion and pictures of the engine and armament on the ME 109, follow this link...

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/inde ... 668.0.html

[Fast Eddie]

Brad thanks for the link, pretty cool.

[reidmier]

Dangerous weapon removal should begin with lobotomies for politicians.