As voters get ready to cast their ballots in the upcoming U.S. elections, gun laws and firearm history have become important topics on state ballots. In Massachusetts, gun owners are rushing to meet an October 28 registration deadline. The deadline comes just six days before voters decide whether to repeal the law that created it. Meanwhile, in Idaho, voters are making a symbolic choice of their own. They are choosing an official state firearm from a list of six historic weapons. These different measures show how states across the United States are taking different approaches to gun ownership, regulation and local culture ahead of Election Day on November 3.
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