Overview

• The appeals court put enforcement of the seven-day wait on hold pending the outcome of the case.
• A split 2-1 panel concluded the law likely burdens conduct protected by the Second Amendment.
• Judge Matteson Tymkovich wrote that cooling-off periods do not fit historically grounded exceptions to the right to keep and bear arms.
• The ruling sends the lawsuit back to a federal district court for further proceedings.
• The statute took effect in May 2024 with a concealed-permit exception, and two residents sued citing self-defense needs as lawmakers defended the delay as aiding background checks.