SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico’s governor and attorney general are facing a federal lawsuit over a new state law that requires a seven-day waiting period for gun purchases. That waiting period law went into effect on May 15. The lawsuit, filed the day the law went into effect, on behalf of two New Mexico residents, […]
Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills said Monday she will allow one of a final pair of gun safety bills — a waiting period for gun purchases — to become law without her signature in the wake of the Lewiston mass shooting. The governor announced that she would let a 10-day period pass without signing or vetoing the 72-hour waiting period bill, allowing it to go into effect without action. The governor also said Monday she has vetoed a ban on bump stocks that would have applied to a device that can be added to a semiautomatic rifle to allow it to fire like a machine gun.
As lawmakers received the go-ahead on Tuesday to draft a late bill to fix loopholes in the background check process, the restoration process remains a crucial element for many Second Amendment supporters and mental health advocates.