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Court is expected to decide next year whether to accept the request.
• The advocates, led by the Montana Shooting Sports Association, have had legal support from the attorneys general from the pro-gun states of Montana, Utah, Alaska, Idaho, Michigan, Nebraska, South Carolina, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wyoming. States that have formally passed a version of Firearms Freedom Act include Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Kansas, Tennessee, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming.
• MSSA president Gary Marbut has said he wants to manufacture a small, bolt-action youth-model rifle called the "Montana Buckaroo" for sale in Montana. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms told Marbut such a gun would be illegal under federal law, prompting a lawsuit by the group against the U.S. attorney general.
• Marbut said high court decisions dating back to 1942 dealing with certain interstate commerce need to be reversed. The request to the Supreme Court argues the rulings have allowed more concentration of power with the federal government, creating problems like more national debt and the potential for abuses of power.
• "Without the centralization of so much regulatory power in the federal government, tyranny would be a lot less likely to occur," the argument reads.
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Navajo Code Talkers honored at Redskins game
The Associated Press
• Four members of the famed Navajo Nation Code Talkers were honored at a Washington Redskins game.
• The men's appearance at Monday night's game against the San Francisco 49ers came during the Redskins' military appreciation night. But it's also fueling the debate over the team's mascot, which has been criticized as racist and offensive.
• The crowd cheered as Peter MacDonald Sr., George Willie Sr., George James Sr. and Roy Hawthorne stepped onto the field during the first quarter.
• A video shown overhead paid tribute to the Code Talkers, who used their native language to confound the Japanese during World War II. The video ends with MacDonald saying, "Hail to the Redskins. Go, Redskins. Let's do it."
• The Redskins declined to make the Code Talkers available for interviews at the game, and attempts to reach them Tuesday were unsuccessful.
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