Today, a federal court in Denver heard oral arguments in Rocky Mountain Gun Owners and Alicia Garcia v. Jared Polis, the lawsuit challenging the Colorado state government’s mandatory 3-day waiting period for firearm purchases. #2A #copolitics The hearing was before 89-year-old Senior Judge John Kane, who was appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1977. Yes, really. The case began in 2023, when @RMGOColorado and firearms instructor Alicia Garcia @boomstickbabe asked Judge Kane to temporarily stop enforcement of the new waiting period law. He refused, but that was not a final ruling. It only allowed the law to remain in effect while the case continued. Now both sides have asked Judge Kane to decide whether the law is constitutional based on the evidence and legal arguments already submitted, without holding a trial. But it doesn't mean it's over. Once he issues that decision, whichever side loses can appeal it to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. A lot has changed since his first ruling though. In Ortega v. Grisham, the Tenth Circuit found that New Mexico’s seven-day waiting period likely violated the Second Amendment. The court recognized that the right to keep and bear arms includes the right to acquire them, and that the state failed to show a historical tradition supporting mandatory waiting periods. The Tenth Circuit is the higher federal court over Colorado, so Judge Kane is required to follow the newest legal precedent as was set in the New Mexico waiting period ruling. Today, attorneys defending Governor Polis argued that Colorado’s 3-day delay is different because it matches the federal background check window. But that federal window applies when a background check remains unresolved. It does not require an approved buyer to wait. Colorado’s law does. Attorneys representing RMGO and Garcia argued that the Tenth Circuit’s ruling against New Mexico’s waiting period should determine the outcome in Colorado as well: if forcing an approved buyer to wait seven days is unconstitutional, shortening that delay to three days does not make it constitutional. Judge Kane did not rule today. He will issue a written decision, but no deadline was given. Until then, Colorado’s 3-day waiting period remains in effect. And we'll keep providing updates.