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Old 07-26-2019, 05:29 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Hillcountry View Post
“Destruction by means of deactivation”

In my humble opinion, they may as well be crowbars on display than working relics of United States history whereby thousands of men and women died while defending this great country with these weapons, but I digress.
If I need to explain, you'll never understand.
I don't know that I've ever been to a museum at which the weapons weren't rendered inoperable, and I've just always assumed that all were somehow incapacitated as part of safety/insurance regulations.

I do see a difference between museum relics, that people may handle/have access to, and reenactment gear. Being unable to reenact with blanks is pretty lame--what're they gonna do, yell "BANG!!! I JUST SHOT YOU!!!"

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