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    How long are the waiting periods in the states that have these laws?

    6.22.2020

      Existing waiting period laws range from 3 days to 14 days, with the majority of the laws requiring buyers to wait 7 or 10 days before taking possession of a gun they have purchased.

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      Every day, 125 people in the United States are killed with guns, twice as many are shot and wounded, and countless others are impacted by acts of gun violence.

      Everytown Research analysis of CDC, WONDER, Provisional Mortality Statistics, Multiple Cause of Death, 2019–2023; Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project nonfatal firearm injury data, 2020; and SurveyUSA, Market Research Study #26602, 2022.

      Last updated: 11.8.2024