The Supreme Court on October 19 declined Beckwith v. Frey, leaving the First Circuit ruling that the Second Amendment does not protect legal firearm acquisition. Maine imposed a three-day wait after NICS checks effective 2024 following the October 2023 Lewiston attack that killed 18 and injured 13, though the shooter bought his rifle three months earlier. A 2025 Maine district court issued a Bruen preliminary injunction finding acquisition protected without adequate historical basis, reversed by the First Circuit unlike the Tenth Circuit in Ortega v. Grisham which held New Mexico’s period likely unconstitutional for lacking tradition and burdening protected acquisition.