Florida's Own AG Says Waiting Period Is Unconstitutional—So Why Are Gun Owners Still Waiting?

Here's something that should frost every gun owner's cookies: Florida's Attorney General, the state's top law enforcement official, and every state attorney have all agreed that Florida's mandatory three-day waiting period flat-out violates the Second Amendment. And yet, a federal judge just told them to slow their roll.

The case is Dunn v. Glass, an NRA-backed lawsuit challenging our state's ridiculous waiting period that makes you twiddle your thumbs for three days after you've already passed your background check. If you're like me and you've had customers come in furious because they passed their NICS check in five minutes but still couldn't take their firearm home that same day—you know exactly how broken this law is.

The state offered to concede the case back in June. Even the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner signed off. They're not even trying to defend this thing anymore because they know it's indefensible under Bruen.

So what did Judge Steven Merryday do? He refused to enter the judgment. No problem, right? Just refile it properly?

But here's the kicker—he went and invited the Brady Center and Giffords Law Center to file briefs defending the waiting period. You know, the gun-control groups. The same people who want to take your AR-15s and make you a felon for loading a magazine over ten rounds. They're getting a seat at the table to argue FOR keeping this unconstitutional restriction in place.

Think about that. The state won't even defend its own law, but the federal government is bringing in outside anti-gunners to keep it alive.

The bottom line is simple: if you've already cleared your background check, you're a lawful citizen exercising a fundamental constitutional right. Making you wait three more days just because? That's not public safety—that's bureaucratic harassment.

Florida gun owners deserve better. The state conceded the point. Now we're just waiting for a court to catch up to what everybody already knows.

A right delayed is a right denied.