Federal Court Weighs Fate Of Colorado’s Three-Day Gun Purchase Waiting Period
By Michael Karlik | Colorado Politics
A federal judge heard arguments on Monday about the constitutionality of a 2023 Colorado law that generally imposes a three-day waiting period on firearm purchases after the initiation of a background check.
The test that the U.S. Supreme Courtcreated in 2022 for assessing firearm regulations’ compliance with the Second Amendment occurs in two phases. First, judges must determine if the constitutional text applies to the regulation at issue, and then the government must show that the policy is consistent with similar regulations throughout the country’s history — in particular, around the time of the Second Amendment’s adoption.
“The first ‘cooling off’-style waiting period did not come into existence until the ...