1.   Amir, a former combat soldier and security guard who carried a licensed gun, is single and lives in Herzliya, north of Tel Aviv.

2.   Currently only federally licensed gun dealers are required to do background checks on buyers at gun shows.

3.   Currently, background checks are done only for firearms purchased from licensed gun dealers.

4.   Federal law requires licensed gun dealers to conduct background checks on prospective handgun buyers.

5.   For licensed gun enthusiasts in this city, shooting is an underground sport.

6.   Hajj Ismail Jaber, the Palestinian police chief in the West Bank, said Tuesday that the police would confiscate all illegal weapons and permit only licensed guns.

7.   Hundreds of forms were faxed to licensed gun shops Tuesday and Wednesday.

8.   Hupp said many of the arrests were due to careless licensed gun holders bringing the weapons into places where they were not permitted.

9.   Imagine, for a second, that the police know about a licensed gun owner who has been cited for belligerent behavior.

10.   If the state authorized licensed gun instructors to issue official certificates on completion of a safety course, the government would never need to be informed, he said.