11.   Powers was referring to the Second Amendment and the right to possess guns.

12.   Prohibitions on youths who have been convicted of serious crimes from ever being allowed to possess a gun.

13.   Supports automatic jail time for any criminal who attempts to buy a gun, and automatic jail time for anyone possessing a gun in the commission of a crime.

14.   That conviction, and the ban on possessing a gun, figured in the decision to prosecute Eduardo in the shooting, Licata said.

15.   The bill would also bar juveniles with serious criminal records from possessing guns for life.

16.   The bill would also prohibit juveniles with serious criminal records from possessing guns for life.

17.   The court held in that case that Congress did not have the power to make it a federal crime to possess a gun near a school.

18.   The court said Congress would have the power to enact such a law only if possessing a gun near a school affected interstate commerce.

19.   The new law prohibits people convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence offenses from owning or possessing a gun.

20.   The prosecutors had charged a passenger in a livery cab, Jeffrey Santiago, under a federal law that prohibits convicted felons from possessing guns.