1.   A five-day waiting period is required to purchase a handgun.

2.   If approved by the Senate, the bill would make it harder to purchase handguns.

3.   As a felon, he was barred from purchasing a handgun.

4.   Blackman conceded this was true but said people who purchased handguns for safety were afraid the magnetic code would malfunction.

5.   In February, he purchased two handguns from a Corpus Christi gun dealer.

6.   Now, Democrats want to add an amendment, sponsored by Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, that would ban convicted spouse-beaters from purchasing a handgun.

7.   Police say two New Jersey high school students posing as a gun dealer illegally purchased semi-automatic handguns through GunBroker.com.

8.   Swett also favors the Brady Bill, a bill that requires a five day waiting period to purchase a handgun.

9.   The Brady Bill, which requires a waiting period before purchasing a handgun, is also on the books because of him.

10.   The partial solution contained in the Brady Act, a mandatory background check before a handgun may be purchased, has met with remarkable success.