Facing New Gun Background Check Law, Small Museum’s World War II Exhibit Scores Big Victory

By Dave Urbanski

LYNDEN, Wash. (TheBlaze/AP) — A small museum in northwestern Washington said it won’t be removing all of the weapons from its World War II exhibit after all.

The Lynden Pioneer Museum had announced that because of concerns about the state’s new law requiring background checks for gun transfers, it was returning the 11 rifles it had on loan to their owners before the law takes effect next month.

Director Troy Luginbill said he was worried that the nonprofit museum would otherwise have to pay for background checks before it returned the weapons.

But after learning of the issue, …read more

Via:: The Blaze