The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) has submitted a memorandum of points and authorities to support their motion for summary judgment in the federal court challenge against California’s 10-day waiting period for firearm purchases. This case is titled Curtin v. Bonta.
The memorandum was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. SAF is joined in this challenge by the North County Shooting Center, San Diego County Gun Owners PAC, California Gun Rights Foundation, Firearms Policy Coalition, PWGG, L.P., and five private citizens.
They are represented by attorneys Bradley A. Benbrook and Stephen M. Duvernay of the Benbrook Law Group in Sacramento.
“The fundamental issue in this case is crystal clear,” stated SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. “California denies access to the fundamental right to keep and bear arms through its waiting period law, which requires law-abiding individuals to wait at least ten days before taking possession of a firearm, even when the state can confirm their eligibility within minutes. This makes no sense, especially for gun buyers who already own firearms.”
SAF Executive Director Adam Kraut added, “At the time of the founding, when the Second Amendment was included in the Bill of Rights, there was no such thing as a waiting period anywhere in the country. The first waiting period was not enacted until 1923, long after the relevant time period considered by the Supreme Court in the 2022 Bruen ruling, which struck down a New York law passed in 1911.”
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