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  2. Maine sued over waiting period for firearms - AOL

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    (The Center Square) — A coalition of gun rights groups is suing Maine over a law requiring a three-day waiting period to buy a firearm, arguing that the new requirements violate the Constitution.

  3. Prompted by mass shooting, 72-hour wait period and ... - AOL

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    With eleventh hour guidance from the state, Maine gun retailers on Friday began requiring a three-day wait period for gun purchases under one of the new safety laws adopted following the state’s ...

  4. Sweeping gun legislation approved by Maine lawmakers ...

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    The Maine Senate also narrowly gave final approval Wednesday to a 72-hour waiting period for gun purchases and a ban on bump stocks that can transform a weapon into a machine gun.

  5. Prompted by mass shooting, 72-hour wait period and other new ...

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    He is worried shoppers won’t buy guns because the waiting period requires them to make an extra trip to the store. “You can imagine how I feel,” he said. Unlike other Maine dealers, Kittery Trading Post's out-of-state buyers of rifles and shotguns have the option to move those sales to its New Hampshire facility to complete a same-day ...

  6. Gun laws in the United States by state - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. National Instant Criminal Background Check System - Wikipedia

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    Those dealers were to use state law enforcement to run checks until 1998, when the NICS would become operational and come into effect. In 1997, the Supreme Court ruled against the five-day waiting period, but by 1998 the NICS was up and running, administered by the FBI, and applied to all firearms purchases from FFL dealers, including long guns.

  8. Gun laws in Maine - Wikipedia

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    Maine has state preemption of firearms laws. No political subdivision of the state may adopt any law regulating firearms or ammunition, except for regulating the discharge of firearms. [1] A municipality may not sue a firearm or ammunition manufacturer for damages relating to the lawful design, manufacture, marketing or sale of firearms or ...

  9. Maine lawmakers pass gun bills in wake of October mass ... - AOL

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    Maine lawmakers on Thursday sent a draft of gun safety measures to the governor to sign into law, fulfilling a promise to take swift action designed to prevent mass shootings such as a rampage ...