LYNDEN — The Lynden Pioneer Museum is removing World War II-era weapons from a current exhibit to avoid violating a new Washington law requiring background checks on gun transfers.
Museum director Troy Luginbill told The Bellingham Herald it would be a violation of Initiative 594 to keep the 11 rifles past Dec. 4. The weapons will be returned to collectors who lent them.
The museum exhibit, which includes vehicles, radios, photos and journals about the war in the Pacific, will continue until May.
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