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General Categories => Non Gun Stuff => Topic started by: RobertH on October 30, 2009, 06:34:57 PM
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im not sure where this would fit in, so ill put this here.
i read this article today in the Daily Nebraskan and thought it was pretty intriguing. im going to go to it pretty soon.
link below:
http://www.dailynebraskan.com/news/weapons-throughout-time-exhibit-is-armed-to-the-teeth-1.2044301
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The University has asked to have this exhibit on our event calendar. If any NFOA member has a chance to see it please post a review here.
The University of Nebraska has not exactly been a bastion of firearms freedom lately, so I hope this show does not take an anti-gun stance.
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well ill be going to this sometime soon. ill look around and do some asking.
anything special you want me to find out?
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Yes, do you think it is an event the NFOA should help promote, or one we should avoid
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hmmmm.....
rob from exeter says a friend of his is putting on the exhibit and it seems to be educational and about how weapons have changed from rocks and arrowheads to guns.
as far as NFOA promoting it....... i don't know. i just posted it in case someone wanted to swing by and check it out. i think im going to check it out on monday or tuesday. i can give you my take on it then.
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Looks like a little fairy had time to post a comment:
Oh those lovely times when every weapon needit a real man to handle it!
Evidently spelling is not high on a pacifist's agenda.
We could use friends wherever we can find them, I don't have a problem with listing it as long as it does not have an anti-gun, anti-weapon message. There may be a small amount of staff at UNL who are actually pro-gun, and we should not shun them just because they work there. It is educational, and that is what the NFOA is all about.
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I as a member have kind of mixed feeling on this, I am all for education, however if we would promote this by putting it on a calander, and it turns out to be in any way anti, then we would be shooting ourselves in the foot so to speak. I personally, have heartburn with educational institutions posting all of those magic signs all over, basically preventing a law abiding individual from taking responsiblity for their personal safety. Granted most of this is legislative and federal hoopola, but as a person that works at one of these bastions of education, it kind of rubs me the wrong way. Now if that institution(s) would publicly state that "They assume full responsibility for my safety and the safety of each person on the campus and will assume any and all liability, then I would offer my blessing. till then, I better keep the Tums handy.. Just my 2 cents.
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ya, rat i read that comment and i agree.
i don't really care if we post it on our calendar, i was posting it here to see if anyone else wanted to go. im going to see what its all about.
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I want to know if they have firearms there, UNL lobbied to have colleges banned from being able to have guns. Exceptions were made for police, ROTC and rifle teems that?s all, museums do not have an exemption.
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I'm very hesitant about posting it, since UNL is not exactly pro-gun. We definitely need to have a member evaluate it first.
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The board of directors needs feed back from members once they have been to the display.
There will be no posting of this event until reviews have been received.
As has been discussed earlier within the board members.
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NOPE. Enemy (of Freedom and the RTKABA) territory.
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today i went to morrill hall and saw the weapons throughout time. it was well......generic. sure it had knives, armor, spears, blowguns, arrowheads, firearms and ammunition but it was lack on info about the items. basically it would have an item shown with what year or century it was made/used, who used it and who loaned it to this exhibit and that was it. nothing about caliber, rates of fire, effective distance, accuracy, pros/cons or other special info. it was nice to look at, but nothing special. it lacked some indepth information i would have liked to read about. there was nothing about anti-2nd amendment or anti weapons. seeing these artifacts and their decorations up close was neat but fairly dry. it lacked the creative juices necessary for a truly great exhibit. the best thing about it was real artifacts up close and the large amount of various ammo sizes was very cool as well. it was interesting but lacked vital information that would have made this exhibit stand out.
if you're curious about seeing these antique weapons up close, then go and make your own assessment. i saw everything and took me just under 1 hour to read everything and see all of the exhibits.
overall: 3 out of 5
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Was there an admission charge?
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Was there an admission charge?
yes there is. $5. if you're a student its free or kids under 12. the article says how much and when the museum is open.
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rchaisch
Thank You for the review this is the type of info that we need.