A federal judge has put a hold on a new three-day waiting period for gun purchases in Maine after reviewing a lawsuit filed against the rules by gun rights groups.

Judge sides with gun advocates, pauses Maine's 72-hour waiting period law

A federal judge has blocked a Maine law requiring a three-day waiting period to buy a firearm in response to a legal challenge filed by gun dealers who argue the restrictions are unconstitutional. The ruling by U.

A federal judge granted an injunction Thursday pausing the implementation of Maine's 72-hour waiting period to buy firearms.

Lawmakers passed the new waiting period as part of a slate of gun safety reforms following the October 2023 mass shooting in Lewiston that killed 18 people.