1.   The charges include armed robbery, distribution of stolen property, illegal gun sales and use, and drug trafficking.

2.   Police believe there are thousands of illegal guns in circulation.

3.   And does that mean that law-abiding citizens should take up arms just in case they encounter a robber armed with an illegal gun?

4.   Ask the authorities where the illegal guns come from.

5.   A largely white Manhattan jury convicted Goetz only of illegal gun possession, acquitting him of attempted murder and assault.

6.   A one-a-month rule would take the profit out of interstate gun trafficking, making it harder for children and felons to obtain illegal guns.

7.   After being charged by police with illegal gun possession, Paulding left Dorchester High for Community Academy, an alternative school.

8.   Aided by the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, police are tracking down illegal gun dealers by computer.

9.   But he is not a rapper, although media types consistently categorized him as such during his trial on illegal gun possession and bribery charges.

10.   But opponents said it would put illegal gun toters on the level of kidnappers, who also face third-degree felony charges.