11.   Mack will be cited for his legal fight against the Brady Act, which mandates a waiting period to buy a handgun.

12.   Most of the people who have been found ineligible to buy a handgun under the Brady law have committed lesser crimes than the one Godfrey is accused of committing.

13.   New York City, which buys Glock handguns for its police officers, has withheld a decision.

14.   State law already requires that before buying a handgun, a person must get a state permit, which means a six-month wait and a background check.

15.   That provision prohibits people who have been involuntarily committed to mental institutions from buying a handgun.

16.   The Brady law requiring background checks of gun purchasers has stopped tens of thousands of felons from buying handguns from licensed dealers.

17.   The Brady law, for example, requires a five-day waiting period to buy a handgun.

18.   The Brady law, passed last year, required anyone buying a handgun to undergo background checks and not be able to buy a gun if they were felons.

19.   The man who shot seven people on the Empire State Building, and then himself, had bought his handgun after living in a Florida hotel for three weeks.

20.   The state already requires gun buyers either to take a test, watch a gun safety video or complete a state-administered training course before buying a handgun.