31.   How a resentful outcast like Thomas Hamilton got licensed to own firearms despite controls that include police checks and character references is worrying many Britons.

32.   It said the Jie clan warriors, who normally own firearms, ambushed the soldiers who had earlier retrieved cattle the clansmen had stolen from a rival group.

33.   It said the Jie clan warriors, who normally own firearms, ambushed the soldiers who had earlier retrieved cattle that the clansmen had stolen from a rival group.

34.   Strict gun-control laws prevent most people from owning firearms in Japan.

35.   Southern voters, for their part, are more conservative, more likely to be Christian conservatives and more likely to own firearms.

36.   The magazine came out after Ashcroft, responding to an NRA inquiry, wrote that he believes the Constitution gives Americans the right to own firearms.

37.   The statement reversed the position held by the Clinton administration, which argued that the Constitution provided a right for groups, not individuals, to own firearms.

38.   They are required to own firearms but are vague about what might lead them to armed confrontation.

39.   He claimed the ruling party wanted to wipe him out physically, noting that the authorities had refused to grant him permission to own a firearm for self-protection.

40.   Cambodians, many of whom own firearms, are well used to the custom of blasting away to welcome the new year.