1.   Large-caliber firearms, semiautomatic pistols and assault rifles are forbidden to civilians altogether.

2.   Also, semiautomatic pistols are covered by the law if they have certain features, including a second handgrip or a shroud that protects the shooter from getting burned.

3.   Among the guns to be imported would be semiautomatic Makarov pistols, the weapon of choice of KGB spies, and a semiautomatic rifle made by Kalashnikov.

4.   An ad for Colt semiautomatic pistols showed a mother tenderly tucking her young daughter into bed.

5.   An ad from Beretta shows a semiautomatic pistol with a bullet ready to be loaded in the chamber, sitting on a nightstand.

6.   And the Senate rejected a bill that would have banned the sale of any semiautomatic pistol not equipped with a device indicating a loaded chamber.

7.   A Brazilian company sends virtually all its semiautomatic pistols to foreign markets such as the United States because Brazilian law forbids civilian ownership of such guns.

8.   A loaded gun found in his possession was a loaded Glock semiautomatic pistol, he said.

9.   According to Robert, several of his homeboys were passing around a semiautomatic pistol when the gun fired.

10.   After allegedly robbing a New Hampshire bank Wednesday morning, suspect Chad Austin sped through New Hampshire and Massachusetts communities, firing a semiautomatic pistol at pursuing police.