Mr. Pataki stops short of endorsing a strict limit on multiple handgun purchases, as called for by President Clinton and Vice President Gore.
"An AR-15, a shotgun, multiple handguns.
A high rate of fire was especially crucial to last-ditch, close-quarters defense, and, with handguns as well as shoulder arms, this meant automatic loading.
At least 11 people are dead and six injured after a man armed with an assault rifle and multiple handguns opened fire on a Shabbat service Saturday morning at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in what authorities describe as a federal hate crime.
For example, gun stores must report to law enforcement any sale of multiple handguns to a single buyer over a five-day period.
Upon executing search warrants on the car and Martin's residence, cops found an AK-47, multiple handguns, and roughly 300 rounds of ammunition.
The magazine limitation applied to magazines that were used in handguns as well.
Dealers are already subject to the same reporting requirement for multiple handgun sales, and in states such as California, a customer can buy only one handgun a month.
All gun dealers already have to report multiple handgun sales to federal authorities.
He noted that the similar rule requiring dealers to report multiple handgun sales was part of the Gun Control Act of 1968.
