31.   All three are charged with one count of possessing explosives with intent to endanger life and two counts of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life.

32.   As a convicted felon, he loses the right to possess firearms.

33.   As a prior convicted felon, Vachaviolas is prohibited from possessing firearms.

34.   As an illegal immigrant he is barred under federal law from possessing firearms.

35.   Baluyot said those arrested Wednesday would initially be charged with illegally possessing firearms.

36.   Even now, tribal conflicts in some parts of the country are settled by violence and many Yemenis consider possessing firearms as a status symbol.

37.   He had faced a maximum punishment of two years in prison for selling guns to someone who did not have the police license needed in Malaysia to possess firearms.

38.   He did not say what punishments are proposed for those found possessing firearms.

39.   He was charged with being a member of the IRA and of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life.

40.   Mostafa was also charged with possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life, which he denies.