1.   And Democrat Gore has supported licensing future handgun buyers and wants to expand background checks.

2.   Gore supports licensing future handgun buyers and expanding background checks, while Bush favors fewer restrictions on gun ownership.

3.   He would require future handgun buyers to carry photo-ID licenses, toughen background checks and hold people to one handgun purchase a month.

4.   The battle shaping up between Al Gore and George W. Bush is also a struggle between mandatory licensing of future handgun buyers and much more limited gun controls.