Supreme Court Rejects Maine Waiting Period Challenge, Deepens Circuit Split
SCOTUS denied cert in Beckwith v. Frey, leaving Maine's 72-hour gun purchase waiting period standing and deepening the split with the Tenth Circuit.
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