Washington gun law leads museum to remove rifles

[Old Fart]

SEATTLE (AP) — A small museum in Washington state is removing World War II-era weapons from an exhibit to avoid having to comply with a new voter-approved law requiring background checks on gun transfers.

The Lynden Pioneer Museum, near the Canadian border in the state's northwest corner, wrote on its Facebook page that it would risk violating Initiative 594 to keep the 11 rifles past Dec. 4, when the law takes effect. The weapons will be returned to the collectors who lent them

The decision was reported earlier Wednesday by The Bellingham Herald (http://bit.ly/1tegZtA ).

"I read through the law about 10 different times looking for a loophole," museum director Troy Luginbill told the newspaper.

The law passed this month with 59 percent of the vote. It requires background checks on all sales and transfers, including private transactions and many loans and gifts, with exceptions for transfers between family members and antiques.

The law is not retroactive, meaning Lynden's museum, which has one full time employee, would not immediately have to have any background checks performed.

For complete article: http://news.yahoo.com/washington-gun-law-leads-museum-remove-rifles-155033883.html

 

[Glocktogo]

This is what happens when you let stupid people make decision on things they haven't a clue about. This is exactly what the CONSTITUTION was supposed to prevent.

 

[DeeJay]

Can a person move in from out of state with their weapons without having a background check done?
Also, can a person go out of state to conduct the transaction if the other person is a Washington resident? If not a Washington resident?

 

[Rod Snell]

Also, can a person go out of state to conduct the transaction if the other person is a Washington resident? If not a Washington resident?

Now you're talking Federal felony doing private transfers across state lines without an FFL involved.

Here's the official ATF pamphlet:
http://www.atf.gov/files/publications/download/p/atf-p-5300-21.pdf

 

[buffgunner]

SEATTLE (AP) - A small museum in Washington state is removing World War II-era weapons from an exhibit to avoid having to comply with a new voter-approved law requiring background checks on gun transfers.

The Lynden Pioneer Museum, near the Canadian border in the state's northwest corner, wrote on its Facebook page that it would risk violating Initiative 594 to keep the 11 rifles past Dec. 4, when the law takes effect. The weapons will be returned to the collectors who lent them

The decision was reported earlier Wednesday by The Bellingham Herald (http://bit.ly/1tegZtA ).

"I read through the law about 10 different times looking for a loophole," museum director Troy Luginbill told the newspaper.

The law passed this month with 59 percent of the vote. It requires background checks on all sales and transfers, including private transactions and many loans and gifts, with exceptions for transfers between family members and antiques.

The law is not retroactive, meaning Lynden's museum, which has one full time employee, would not immediately have to have any background checks performed.

For complete article: http://news.yahoo.com/washington-gun-law-leads-museum-remove-rifles-155033883.html

I guess the state gave them a waiver of sorts to keep the collection. Unfortunately, like most often happens with these laws, they stay intact and are used later to go after someone else.

 

[Riley]

They have this so screwed up, it's apparently now illegal to transfer with out an ffl each way; things like a nail gun, flare gun, powder actuated device, heck even the state dept of transportation needs ffl's to transfer the cannon they use for avalanche control, every operator change, every time. Imagine a boater being prosecuted for allowing a passenger to discharge a flare gun, and every sale or movement of such device requiring an ffl transfer.

Idiots.....unfortunately, since they got this one through the next one will be better defined to eliminate these clearly ridiculous limitations....

For a fun read.....http://bearingarms.com/brilliant-594-requires-background-checks-nail-guns-flare-guns/