1.   As the House quickly passed a measure that would funnel money to states that crack down on criminals who possess guns, the White House took a unique view.

2.   Because it is illegal for a felon to possess a gun, federal prosecutors obtained an indictment against Francis after the state acquittal.

3.   Ciulla, who has a record, was charged with illegally possessing a gun.

4.   Colbern was arrested last summer in Upland, Calif., and accused of possessing a gun with a silencer after a routine traffic stop.

5.   Federal officials in Omaha charged Kirkpatrick with being a convicted felon in possession of a gun and with possessing a gun with a defaced serial number.

6.   Federal law has long barred convicted felons from possessing guns.

7.   Furthermore, probationers and parolees are not allowed to possess guns.

8.   He proposed making it a federal felony for adults to either knowingly or recklessly allow youngsters to possess guns that are later used to kill or injure another person.

9.   He then served two years in an Afghan jail, accused by the Taliban of possessing several guns.

10.   He was accused of firing a gun inside a Manhattan nightclub after being insulted, and of possessing the gun later found inside his Lincoln Navigator.