1.   As a convicted felon, Bean lost his right to own firearms, effectively ending his career as a gun dealer.

2.   As in many rural counties throughout the West, many Clatsop County residents own firearms.

3.   Attorney General John Ashcroft has made no secret of his support for the view that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to own firearms.

4.   Bean, an avid hunter, wanted to regain his right to own firearms.

5.   After Farrow delivered a prepared and detailed diatribe about the evils of firearms, King reminded her that owning a firearm is a constitutional right in America.

6.   All four now own firearms, and most shoot competitively.

7.   But the use of the law to discourage people from legally owning firearms is self-defeating, he says, since that will only encourage illegal ownership.

8.   Democrats, quick to denounce intolerance in others, revel in their own prejudice against people who own firearms.

9.   Duncan maintains that anyone who owns a firearm should join the NRA, and he said civilians should be able to own automatic weapons.

10.   Federal law has long barred convicted felons from owning firearms, voting, working for the government, running for office or serving on a jury.