{"id":27635,"date":"2014-11-21T10:01:21","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T15:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=27635"},"modified":"2014-11-21T10:01:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T05:26:07","slug":"background-check-law-forces-museum-return-wwii-rifles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/background-check-law-forces-museum-return-wwii-rifles\/","title":{"rendered":"Background Check Law Forces Museum to Return WWII Rifles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_27638\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/plOCc.AuSt_.391.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"background-check-law-forces-museum-return-wwii-rifles\" title=\"Background Check Law Forces Museum to Return WWII Rifles\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27638\" title=\"Background Check Law Forces Museum to Return WWII Rifles\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27638\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/plOCc.AuSt_.391-400x266.jpeg\" alt=\"Lynden Museum Director Troy Luginbill holds a Korean War-era M1 carbine Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014, on loan to the museum. The museum has decided to return the M1 carbine and 10 other loaned weapons to their owners to comply with Initiative 594, which bars loaning guns without a background check. PHILIP A. DWYER \u2014 THE BELLINGHAM HERALD \" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/plOCc.AuSt_.391-400x266.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/plOCc.AuSt_.391-150x100.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/plOCc.AuSt_.391.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27638\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Lynden Museum Director Troy Luginbill holds a Korean War-era M1 carbine Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014, on loan to the museum.&#8221; (<em>Photo: Philip A. Dwyer, The Bellingham Herald<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Earlier this month, Washington State passed a universal background check ballot initiative known as <a href=\"https:\/\/wagunresponsibility.org\/about-594\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"background-check-law-forces-museum-return-wwii-rifles\" title=\"Background Check Law Forces Museum to Return WWII Rifles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I-594<\/a>. Now, the unintended consequences of the &#8220;feel-good&#8221; bill are beginning to rear their ugly heads.<\/p>\n<p>Case in point, the Lynden Pioneer Museum has opted to remove several World War II-era firearms from an exhibit and return them to their owners because curators are worried that they may be in violation of the new law.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibit is called \u201cOver the Beach: The WWII Pacific Theater,\u201d and showcases, among other military equipment, an anti-tank rifle, a Johnson M1941 and a Japanese infantry rifle.<\/p>\n<p>Last week Thursday, the museum made the announcement on its Facebook page that it would be returning the historic guns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 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,\u201d read the post.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hopefully the state will find a way with initiative 594 to allow museums the option of having guns loaned for display without the heavy financial burden that will go with the transfer process outlined in initiative 594,&#8221; the statement continued.<\/p>\n<p>Troy Luginbill, the museum\u2019s director, spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellinghamherald.com\/2014\/11\/19\/3980749_wary-of-new-law-on-gun-background.html?rh=1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"background-check-law-forces-museum-return-wwii-rifles\" title=\"Background Check Law Forces Museum to Return WWII Rifles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Bellingham Herald<\/a> about the dilemma.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have elected to comply with the law as we understand it,\u201d explained Luginbill. \u201cThe ideal situation would be if someone comes along from the state and says, \u2018Don\u2019t worry about it.\u2019 If that happens before May 1, we can put the guns back on display.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I-594 has some exceptions, such as gifts between immediate family members, antiques and relics, temporary transfers for self-defense, and loans for lawful hunting or sporting activities. However, due to the age of the rifles, they don&#8217;t qualify as antiques or relics. Typically antique firearms are classified as firearms manufactured prior to 1898.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI read through the law about 10 different times looking for a loophole,\u201d Luginbill said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, State Attorney General Bob Ferguson said no state official or county prosecutor has challenged the law or requested an opinion, so his office has not issued one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo date, there have not been any lawsuits filed against I-594, nor has our office received any opinion requests,&#8221; he told The Bellingham Herald.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this point we have no interpretations of the initiative to offer to the public beyond the text of the measure itself,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe 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,\u201d said the Lynden Pioneer Museum in a Facebook post.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":27637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,216],"tags":[132,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-27635","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-s-h-blannelberry","9":"tag-buzz","10":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Background Check Law Forces Museum to Return WWII Rifles<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Lynden Pioneer Museum will be returning WWII-era rifles to their owners because it doesn&#039;t want to violate the new universal background check law.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/background-check-law-forces-museum-return-wwii-rifles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Background Check Law Forces Museum to Return WWII Rifles\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cThe 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,\u201d said the Lynden Pioneer Museum in a Facebook post.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/background-check-law-forces-museum-return-wwii-rifles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-11-21T15:01:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-18T05:26:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/plOCc.AuSt_.39.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. 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