The Mountain States Legal Foundation and the National Rifle Association have filed a lawsuit challenging New Mexico's seven-day waiting period to purchase a firearm.
FIRST ON FOX — A conservative legal group and gun rights activists have teamed up to challenge a newly-enacted seven-day waiting period to buy a gun in New Mexico. The Mountain States Legal Foundation has partnered with the National Rifle Association in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that claims New Mexico is denying citizens their Second Amendment rights and their natural right to self-defense.
This legislation strikes at the heart of issues that are keeping New Mexicans up at night,' Grisham said in a statement after signing the bill. 'We are losing far too many lives when guns get into the wrong hands and violent criminals are allowed to recommit again and again. This legislation addresses both.' In court documents, plaintiffs Paul Samuel Ortega and Rebecca Scott, both residents of New Mexico, assert the Waiting Period Act 'burdens the right to keep and bear arms.
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