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Silvester v. Harris

04.01.15

Defending California’s ten-day waiting period on the sale of additional guns to gun owners.

Court: Ninth Circuit

Issue at Stake: Waiting periods

Summary: Everytown filed this amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit in a case challenging California’s ten-day waiting period on firearm sales to people who already own guns. In the brief, Everytown explained that California’s waiting period is a longstanding, presumptively lawful regulation of commercial arms sales, and provided substantial historical material to assist the court in assessing California’s law.

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