21.   Legislation to ban handguns was killed earlier this year by the Conservative majority on a House of Commons committee.

22.   The new rules ban cheap handguns and require childproof locks on any handgun sold in the state.

23.   The shooting was all the more alarming because handguns are strictly banned in this country, and high-profile violence relatively rare.

24.   The package will also include a free vote for MPs on banning all handguns.

25.   Labour got an unexpected boost when anti-gun campaigners urged voters not to back the Tories, claiming the government had failed to deliver on a promise to ban handguns.

26.   On law and order, Labour would put more police on the beat, ban all handguns and provide swifter justice for juvenile recidivists.

27.   The massacre prompted a campaign to ban all handguns in Britain.

28.   The public applauded the plan but many, including Labour, said it should go even further and ban all handguns everywhere.