NRA files legal challenge to New Mexico waiting period law News-Sun Staff Report The National Rifle Association has filed a lawsuit in federal district court in New Mexico, challenging the state’s new seven-day waiting period law for firearm purchases that went into effect Wednesday. The lawsuit, Ortega v. Grisham, was filed in collaboration with the Mountain States Legal Foundation. New …

7-day gun wait starts today Levi Hill/News-Sun Starting today, New Mexicans will have to wait a mandatory seven days before they can take home a new gun purchase. New Mexico joins at least a dozen other states with extended waiting periods. The sale of a firearm before the seven days are expired would become an unlawful sale. Gov. Michelle Lujan …