Florida’s three-day waiting period to purchase a gun could be a thing of the past if the U.S. district judge for the Middle District of Florida signs off on an agreement between the plaintiffs and Florida’s attorney general.
Attorney General James Uthmeier offered on June 5 to settle Dunn v. Glass, a lawsuit challenging the waiting period as unconstitutional.
The agreement calls for the state to permanently stop enforcing the waiting period within 14 days of its approval and to pay $10,000 to cover the plaintiffs’ legal costs.
The National Rifle Association, a plaintiff, issued a statement praising the development.
“Law-abiding Floridians should never be delayed from exercising their fundamental rights. This is a major victory, and we look forward to the court permanently striking down this restriction,” John Commerford, NRA-ILA executive director, wrote in the statement….