The Remington 700 rifle was used by ex-Marine Charles Whitman during his August 1, 1966 reign of terror from the observation deck at the University of Texas in Austin is now on display at the Crime Museum in the U.S. capitol. It was obtained, the museum said, from a private collector who bought the rifle. The buyer preferred that it not sit in a closet collecting dust and wanted it to be an educational piece. The curators of the museum say that the weapon has been kept in pristine condition. It has been on display for about a week.