1.   City and county government have the option to ban weapons on public property.

2.   Next week he will appeal to the Senate to ratify a global treaty to ban chemical weapons.

3.   Some countries are still refusing to sign a treaty banning chemical weapons.

4.   Such weapons should be banned and there should be tighter control on their manufacture and import.

5.   The accord also authorized the creation of a mechanism to monitor the observance of conventions banning biological weapons.

6.   And during his campaign Gov. Gray Davis promised to sign a bill that would strengthen a current law banning assault weapons.

7.   And next week, he will press the Senate to ratify a global treaty to ban chemical weapons.

8.   -- Defended legislation enacted in the last Congress to ban assault weapons, a measure that many Republicans want to repeal.

9.   -- They both agreed to push for ratification of a treaty banning chemical weapons.