Waiting periods for gun purchases are a pie-in-the-sky fantasy of anti-gunners that crime will somehow be solved by making law-abiding citizens wait.
In truth, violent criminals are entirely unaffected by such arbitrary restrictions.
On Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Lance Walker tossed cold water on Maine’s controversial 72-hour waiting period by granting a preliminary injunction against the mandate.
The Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine, Gun Owners of Maine, and multiple others brought the suit.
The injunction blocks enforcement of the law while Walker reviews the plaintiffs’ challenge.
The arguments over the law, enacted last year, were so contentious that Gov. Janet Mills (D) allowed it to take effect without her signature. The law meant weapons retailers must hold their firearms for three days even after the FBI NICS background check cleared.
The lawsuit noted that the statute “forces law-abiding citizens to wait 72 hours to acquire a firearm even if they pass the requisite background check in a matter of minutes, which most people do.”
Walker chastised lawmakers for creating the legal version of “interpretative jui jitsu that would make Kafka blush.” This observation came after the state attempted to ridiculously claim that the Second Amendment does not apply to the right to acquire a firearm.
Exactly what good is the right to keep and bear arms if there is no right to acquire them?
National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) Senior Vice President and General Counsel Lawrence G. Keane lauded the judge’s ruling.
“This decision affirms that unconstitutional delays on Second Amendment rights are not permissible,” Keane declared. “Rights delayed are rights denied.”
Among the victorious plaintiffs was a domestic abuse survivor who successfully argued that the waiting period prevented them from exercising their fundamental right to self-defense. That individual is also a firearm instructor specializing in assisting other survivors of these heinous crimes.
The arbitrary waiting period does nothing for these potential victims except strip them of their constitutional right to self-defense.
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