He added that he would patronize restaurants outside the city if a ban passed.

Now he wants to revoke the ban on assault weapons passed as part of last year's crime bill.

However, the constitutional ban passed in November 2006.

After the ban passed, some gun owners who live near schools and parks worried that they could be prosecuted.

"Under those precedents, the federal ban at issue here readily passes constitutional muster," the court stated.

I don't think the ban would have passed, after all the discussion, if the skull caps were not permitted.

Many lawmakers say a ban on outside speaking fees will pass easily if it comes to a vote.

A ban on a small number of deadly assault weapons barely passed.

Such a ban would never have passed a national parliament, all of them being subjected as they were to real anger from their constituents.