Bill > LD208

This bill proposes to eliminate the 72-hour waiting period for firearm purchases in the state of Maine by repealing a specific section (25 MRSA §2016) of state law that was previously enacted in 2023. Currently, under existing law, firearms sellers are required to wait 72 hours after a firearm purchase before delivering the weapon to the buyer, which was likely intended as a safety measure to provide time for background checks or potential cooling-off periods. By removing this waiting period, the bill would allow immediate transfer of firearms from sellers to buyers once a purchase is completed, potentially streamlining the gun buying process but also potentially reducing a perceived safety mechanism in the firearm purchase transaction.