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Gun rights advocacy groups are challenging Maine's 72-hour waiting period for gun purchases, arguing that it’s ...

PORTLAND - Several gun groups are challenging Maine's 72-hour waiting period for gun purchases, arguing that it’s ...

Lawmakers passed the bill in response to the Lewiston mass shootings, and it took effect in August.

The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Bangor asserts that the new law needlessly delays exercising of the 2nd Amendment ...

Gun rights groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday that seeks to overturn the 72-hour waiting period law that Maine lawmakers passed ...

SCARBOROUGH (WGME) -- A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday seeks to overturn Maine's new three-day waiting period to buy guns.

More Charles Krupa/AP Laura Whitcomb, president of Gun Owners of Maine, noted to The Associated Press (AP) that the law is especially burdensome in urgent situations, such as self-defense ...

Gun groups assembled to file a lawsuit on Tuesday against Maine’s new 72-hour waiting period to purchase firearms, arguing that the law is unconstitutional. The coalition is seeking an ...

Supporters of the law said they’re confident it will survive the legal challenge. Maine is one of a dozen states that have a waiting periods for gun purchases, which proponents think might keep ...