1.   At the state level, the rifle association is pushing legislation to prohibit municipal lawsuits against the gun industry.

2.   Barbara Hohlt, chairwoman of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, said the rifle association might just be trying to provoke city residents.

3.   Beneath clamor over the documents and the role of the rifle association, panels of witnesses provided a chilling, if largely familiar debate, over the deadly confrontation.

4.   Both the rifle association and the leading gun-control group, Handgun Control Inc., are treating this election as historic.

5.   A favorite target is the cartoon figure, Eddie Eagle, that the rifle association has used for years to teach children about guns.

6.   A spokeswoman for the rifle association said it would appeal.

7.   A spokeswoman for the rifle association, which claims a membership of three million, said the organization supports the instant check.

8.   Bush has had a good working relationship with the rifle association in Texas.

9.   Bush supports better enforcement of existing laws, as does the rifle association.

10.   But by Wednesday, both Handgun Control and the rifle association had staked out familiar turf and identified their suspects.