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Peter A. Petracco Chief of Police City of Boca Raton Police Department

QUESTION:

Is a law enforcement officer, purchasing a handgun at a retail, subject to the mandatory three-day waiting period between the purchase and delivery of a handgun.

SUMMARY:

A law enforcement officer, purchasing a handgun at retail, is subject to the mandatory three-day waiting period between the purchase and delivery of the handgun.

On November 6, 1990, the electors of the State of Florida approved an amendment to the Florida Constitution imposing a three-day waiting period between the sale and the delivery of a handgun…