Dr Amerson's group has found markers that distinguish fungus-resistant stock from disease-prone trees.

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"Any sheriff who knows his duty knows we don't enforce federal law, per se, " said Amerson, a longtime firearms instructor and hunter.

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Washington, which traded it first-rounder last year to draft Robert Griffin III, went for defensive back David Amerson of North Carolina State at No. 51.

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