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As state law on waiting periods and background checks do not apply to sales by non-licensed sellers, the Florida Constitution, Art VIII Sec. 5(b), permits counties to enact ordinances that require a criminal history records check and a 3 to 5-day waiting period for non-licensed sellers when any part of a firearm sale is conducted on property to ...
"Expiration of the Mandatory Waiting Period for Firearm Purchases" (HB 17/SB 1124): Cleared the Criminal Justice Committee on a 11-5 vote. Would establish a “three-day shot clock” on ...
(Reuters) - The Florida House of Representatives on Wednesday approved by a 67-50 vote a gun-safety package that would raise the legal age for buying rifles, impose a three-day waiting period on ...
On August 25, 2014, the California's 10-day waiting period for gun purchases was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California which found that "the 10-day waiting periods of Penal Code [sections 26815(a) and 27540(a)] violate the Second Amendment" as applied to members of certain classifications ...
The National Rifle Association filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn a new Fla. law that imposes an age limit and waiting period on gun purchases.
A waiting period is the period of time between when an action is requested or mandated and when it occurs. [1]In the United States, the term is commonly used in reference to gun control, abortion and marriage licences, as some U.S. states require a person to wait for a set number of days after buying or reserving a firearm from a dealer before actually taking possession of it, a woman waiting ...
The law raises the legal age for buying rifles, imposes a three-day waiting period on all gun sales and allows the arming of some school employees. Florida governor Rick Scott signs gun-safety ...
A stark difference in how Florida Democrats and Republicans balance gun rights with public safety is shown in bills filed for the 2024 regular session of the Florida Legislature, which begins Jan 9.