Federal judge strikes down California gun purchase waiting period in some cases
1. Federal judge strikes down California gun purchase waiting
period in some cases
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A federal judge in California has struck down a law that requires a 10-day waiting period for gun
purchases, but only for current gun owners http://www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp-divorce.htm who have
already passed a background check and those who have a permit or certificate of eligibility to own a
gun.
Eastern District of California Judge Anthony W. Ishii said Monday that the waiting period provision
violates the Second Amendment rights of those who have already been approved to own a gun. This
includes those who have previously undergone a background check and own a gun, people with
concealed-carry permits and people who have a state certificate of eligibility to own a gun.
First-time gun buyers would still be subject to the waiting period, which Ishii emphasized in his
ruling.
"Given San Francisco DUI defense lawyers the nature of the challenges made, the Court emphasizes
that it is expressing no opinion on the constitutionality of the 10-day waiting period in general or as
applied to first time California firearms purchasers," he said.
The Sacramento Bee reports Ishii stayed his ruling for 180 days in order to give California time to
change the law.