联邦最高法院拒绝审理缅因购枪72小时等待期挑战：刘易 斯顿枪击后立法继续有效
美国联邦最高法院10月20日拒绝审理针对缅因州购枪72小时等待期的挑战，意味着这项被支持者称为三天“冷静期”的规定继续有效。最高法院的拒绝维持了联邦第一巡回上诉法院今年4月的裁定：该院此前解除了阻止等待期实施的初步禁令，并认定该要求很可能符合宪法。
这项72小时等待期是2023年10月25日刘易斯顿大规模枪击事件之后，缅因州民主党议员在州议会推动通过的更广泛控枪法案的一部分；州长珍妮特·米尔斯当时未予签署即让其成为法律，并坦言自己对此心情矛盾。持枪权团体与枪支销售商随后提起诉讼，称等待期违反第二修正案，且不加区别地适用于所有购枪者；今年2月，联邦地区法官兰斯·沃克一度发布临时禁令，阻止该法实施，州总检察长阿伦·弗雷上诉后，第一巡回上诉法院推翻了禁令。
最高法院此次未说明拒绝受理的理由。
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to Maine's 72-Hour Gun Purchase Waiting Period
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a challenge to Maine's 72-hour waiting period for gun purchases, leaving the law in effect.
The First Circuit upheld the waiting period in April, and the justices' refusal to hear the case ends this round of litigation. Maine enacted the waiting period after the October 25, 2023 mass shooting in Lewiston; Governor Janet Mills allowed it to become law without her signature.
U.S. District Judge Lance Walker had issued an injunction against the law in February, which the appeals court later reversed.
Attorney General Aaron Frey defended the statute on appeal. Gun rights groups said they would continue challenging waiting period laws in other cases.
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