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Judge: Gun waiting period ‘burdens’ 2nd Amendment

Judge: Gun waiting period ‘burdens’ 2nd Amendment ‘Possession of firearm necessary prerequisite to exercising right to bear arms’ A federal judge in California has ruled in a Second Amendment case that a state-imposed waiting period to take possession of a firearm is a burden on the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. The ruling came in a challenge brought by the Second Amendment Foundation to the state’s mandatory 10-day waiting period to obtain firearms. The case, Silvester v. Harris, continues. It was Senior Judge Anthony Ishii of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California who said… View Article