1.   At a train stop in Ohio, he proposed a lifetime ban on handgun ownership by anyone convicted of a domestic-abuse misdemeanor.

2.   At home, a thicket of regulations discourages legal handgun ownership.

3.   But the more stringently anti-gun Violence Policy Center, which favors phasing out private handgun ownership entirely, opposes them.

4.   Handgun ownership has been virtually illegal for ordinary Canadians for years.

5.   Jerusalem -- As the U.S. and Great Britain move to restrict or even ban handgun ownership, Israel is moving in the opposite direction.

6.   The culture of handgun ownership is so pervasive that police departmentsroutinely trade in their old guns for resale.

7.   The problem for women is the same as the problem for virtually everyone else -- the deadly risks of handgun ownership far outweigh the benefits.

8.   Pataki noted that many of his proposals are supported by GOP presidential candidate George W. Bush, including raising the age for handgun ownership and banning assault weapons.

9.   British laws on handgun ownership were tightened after the Dunblane shootings.

10.   Britain has since banned handgun ownership.