Plan to End Florida’s 3-Day Gun Purchase Waiting Period Awaiting Court Approval

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier called the waiting period an ‘arbitrary,’ unconstitutional infringement on Floridians’ Second Amendment rights.

Firearms are displayed for sale at a gun show in Naples, Fla., on Nov. 24, 2018. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Florida’s three-day waiting period to purchase a gun could be a thing of the past if a U.S. district judge for the Middle District of Florida signs off on an agreement between the plaintiffs and Florida’s attorney general.

Attorney General James Uthmeier offered on June 5 to settle Dunn v. Glass, a lawsuit challenging the waiting period as unconstitutional.