81.   Elizabeth Dole courts suburban women by braving jeers in New Hampshire to defend the ban on assault weapons.

82.   Eliminating classes of assault weapons removes weapons from circulation, making them unavailable for criminals to steal.

83.   Even outside Puget Sound population centers, more than half of those surveyed wanted the prohibition on assault weapons to stay in place.

84.   Even though the speaker has been generally supportive of gun rights, he said he favored a ban on some assault weapons, which angered the rifle group.

85.   Even so, Carter predicted that the new anti-crime legislation would have little immediate impact on the sales or prices of assault weapons.

86.   Five years ago, when the Democrats lost their majority in Congress, they felt they had paid dearly for backing a ban on many kinds of assault weapons.

87.   Five years ago, voters in Southeast Texas tossed veteran Rep. Jack Brooks out of office for support of the ban on assault weapons.

88.   Feinstein was one of the most vocal advocates of a ban on assault weapons.

89.   For example, Dole is refusing to allow a vote in the Senate on repealing the ban on assault weapons, breaking a promise he made to the NRA.

90.   For example, he said, Lazio supported the Brady bill and the ban on assault weapons.