{"id":2611283,"date":"2026-06-05T20:11:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T00:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nra-scores-huge-second-amendment-victory-after-state-ag-agrees-to-settle\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T20:14:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T00:14:04","slug":"nra-scores-huge-second-amendment-victory-after-state-ag-agrees-to-settle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nra-scores-huge-second-amendment-victory-after-state-ag-agrees-to-settle\/","title":{"rendered":"NRA Scores Huge Second Amendment Victory After State AG Agrees to Settle"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnra-scores-huge-second-amendment-victory-after-state-ag-agrees-to-settle%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2611283&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Florida\u2019s Republican Attorney General James Uthmeier announced a settlement of a federal Second Amendment case,which the National Rifle Association (NRA) says ends the state\u2019s three<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-doctor-who-conned-women-into-hysterectomies-sterilizations-for-insurance-money-gets-60-years-in-prison\/\" title=\"Virginia Doctor Who Conned Women Into Hysterectomies, Sterilizations For Insurance Money Gets 60 Years In Prison\">-day waiting period<\/a> for buying handguns at retail. The agreement follows the NRA\u2019s lawsuit filed in August 2025, aimed at overturning the waiting requirement.<\/p>\n<p>The Firearms Policy Coalition had earlier suggested the state woudl concede the waiting period is unconstitutional. Uthmeier said the settlement reflects a landmark determination that Florida\u2019s three<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >-day firearm purchase waiting period violates<\/a> the Second amendment.NRA leaders described the move as a major victory and said they expect the restriction to be permanently struck down by the court.<\/p>\n<p>The article notes the waiting period was originally passed in 1998, with certain exceptions, and later expanded after the 2018 Parkland school shooting to apply more broadly to firearms. It also highlights two other Second Amendment cases before the U.S. Supreme Court-*Wolford v.Lopez* (a Hawaii public-property access rule for people with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-gun-bill-would-force-ags-office-to-team-up-with-gun-control-ally\/\" title=\"Democrats\u2019 Gun Bill Would Force AG\u2019s Office To Team Up With Gun-Control Ally\">concealed carry permits<\/a>) and *United states v. Hemani* (a federal law restricting firearm possession by people unlawfully using or addicted to controlled substances).  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The National Rifle Association claimed victory on Friday after Florida\u2019s Republican Attorney General James Uthmeier announced the settlement of a Second Amendment case with wide-ranging implications.<\/p>\n<p>The NRA had initially <a href=\"https:\/\/d.nrapvf.org\/dmedia\/1512102\/2025-fl-complaint.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filed suit,<\/a> along with several others, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida back in August 2025 to overturn the state\u2019s three-day waiting period for firearms.<\/p>\n<p>The gun rights organization Firearms Policy Coalition posted a message on X early Friday morning, which read, \u201cWe\u2019re hearing that the Florida AG is going to enter into an agreement that says the state\u2019s 3-day waiting period is unconstitutional.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Uthmeier quoted the post and wrote a reply: \u201cEvery government office, including mine, exists to protect your God-given rights as enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. That\u2019s why we\u2019re settling a landmark federal case that declares Florida\u2019s 3-day firearm purchase waiting period unconstitutional under the Second Amendment.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Every government office, including mine, exists to protect your God-given rights as enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why we\u2019re settling a landmark federal case that declares Florida\u2019s 3-day firearm purchase waiting period unconstitutional under the Second Amendment. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9ZSZjhTO3m\">https:\/\/t.co\/9ZSZjhTO3m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Attorney General James Uthmeier (@AGJamesUthmeier) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AGJamesUthmeier\/status\/2062895064431374581?\">June 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlorida\u2019s Attorney General James Uthmeier, Law Enforcement Commissioner Mark Glass, and the State Attorneys are standing up for Constitutional rights and their constituents,\u201d NRA Institute for Legislative Action Executive Director John Commerford said in a statement, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2026\/06\/05\/florida-ends-legal-fight-with-nra-by-conceding-gun-law-violates-second-amendment\/?utm_source=referral&#038;utm_medium=offthepress&#038;utm_campaign=home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to the Daily Caller.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy entering into this agreement with us, they have affirmed that Florida\u2019s three-day firearm waiting period is unconstitutional and violates the Second Amendment. Law-abiding Floridians should never be delayed from exercising their fundamental rights. This is a major victory, and we look forward to the court permanently striking down this restriction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The three-day waiting period for handguns sold via retail was passed back in 1998 as a constitutional amendment during the midterm elections, with exceptions for concealed weapons permit holders and trade-ins of other handguns.<\/p>\n<p>It was later expanded and applied to all firearms, however, during the aftermath of the Parkland high school shooting back in 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nraila.org\/articles\/20250825\/nra-files-lawsuit-challenging-florida-s-waiting-period-requirements-for-firearm-purchases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to a 2025 article from the NRA-ILA.<\/p>\n<p>The article argued that the waiting period requirements \u201care completely unrelated to the time it takes to complete a background check \u2014 even if the background check instantly comes back clean, the purchaser still must wait three days before taking possession of his or her firearm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The group also stated that the \u201cprovisions exist only to impose an arbitrary delay and a forced period of reflection between the purchase and delivery of a firearm \u2014 in essence, they require a \u2018cooling-off\u2019 period or in common sense terms, a time tax.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This announcement comes as the Supreme Court is gearing up to deliver two highly consequential rulings related to the Second Amendment before the end of its term in the cases of Wolford v. Lopez and United States v. Hemani.<\/p>\n<p>In Wolford, the high court is examining a Hawaii law that prohibits people with concealed carry permits from bringing firearms onto almost all private property that\u2019s open to the public, unless the owner gives their express permission, SCOTUS Blog <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/cases\/wolford-v-lopez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In Hemani, the justices are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/cases\/united-states-v-hemani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">considering<\/a> the constitutionality of a federal law that prevents possession of a firearm by anyone who is unlawfully using, or addicted to, a controlled substance.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-of-appeals-in-swing-states-drop-major-ruling-hurting-kamala-harris-chances-against-trump\/\" title=\"... of Appeals in Swing States Drop Major Ruling, Hurting Kamala Harris&#039; Chances Against Trump\">highly engaged readers<\/a>, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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