71.   Demonstrations are expected Friday and dozens of police with assault weapons were posted at the house.

72.   Despite a poll suggesting a majority of Massachusetts residents support a tough new ban on assault weapons, the proposal faces an uphill battle in the state Senate.

73.   Dole cannot do enough for the NRA, including using his considerable power to try to lift the ban on assault weapons.

74.   Dole on Tuesday backed down on his vow to overturn a ban on assault weapons favored by President Clinton.

75.   Dole is only talking of repealing the ban on assault weapons and not trying to dismantle the Brady Law.

76.   Dole pledged to make it a legislative priority to repeal the ban on assault weapons that was passed as part of the crime bill last year.

77.   Dressing in complete camouflage and hiding assault weapons for lethal use during a fake fire drill is neither common nor sane behavior.

78.   Differences must still be worked out over a ban of some types of assault weapons.

79.   During the last seven months, both have appeared frequently with Cuomo at events designed to highlight his position on assault weapons.

80.   Dole, the Republican presidential nominee and former Senate majority leader, said last year that overturning the ban on assault weapons was one of his legislative priorities.