1.   Although a background check is required under federal law to buy a handgun, none is necessary for the purchase of a rifle.

2.   And the ruling allows police to check voluntarily whether a person is fit to buy a handgun.

3.   Anderson said rifles are not subject to the same federal law that requires a five-day waiting period before buying a handgun.

4.   A person could buy additional handguns during those five years but would undergo a new background check with each purchase.

5.   But Kennedy said outlawing them could simply lead people to buy used handguns instead.

6.   But requiring people to be trained before buying a handgun is another matter.

7.   For example, only criminals convicted of felonies are currently excluded from buying handguns.

8.   His assailant, John Hinckley Jr., bought his handgun at a Dallas pawnshop.

9.   Just nine people convicted out of the quarter-million felons who attempted to buy handguns.

10.   Law enforcement officers are exempt from the paperwork and background checks needed to buy a handgun in New York.