Maine’s new 3-day waiting period law could become test case in new legal landscape on guns

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Maine’s new 3-day waiting period law could become test case in new legal landscape on guns

Maine’s new, three-day waiting period on gun purchases passed the Legislature by the slimmest possible margin last year and narrowly averted a veto from Democratic Gov. Janet Mills. Now, gun rights advocates think the law could become the vehicle to erase waiting period laws in Maine and roughly a dozen other states.