71.   In his address, the president also called on Congress to pass tougher gun laws and provide financing for after-school programs to channel juvenile energy into positive pursuits.

72.   In fact, the law itself nurtured the crazy quilt approach to gun laws by allowing states several choices in how they implement it.

73.   In raising two previously unmentionable issues, he affirmed opposition to abortion and support for enforcement of existing gun laws.

74.   In the aftermath of the Littleton, Colo., shootings, people have called for everything from stricter gun laws to the reinstatement of prayer in schools.

75.   In many cases, the clerks gave the undercover officers advice on how to get around federal and state gun laws.

76.   In that case, the court said Congress had relied on its power to regulate interstate commerce in order to enact the gun law.

77.   In true democratic form, Russian lawmakers responded by passing the gun law.

78.   It has been over a year since the Columbine High School shooting prompted Congress to enact measures to tighten federal gun laws.

79.   It is the side supported by the Republican leadership in Congress and the National Rifle Association, who see new gun laws as a threat to American freedom.

80.   It was a technicality that the Illinois Supreme Court cited in striking down a tough gun law earlier this month.