(The Center Square) — Maine's three-day "cooling off" period for firearm purchases remains in effect after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to consider a challenge to the controversial new requirement. 

The high court’s rejection leaves intact an April decision by the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, which lifted a preliminary injunction blocking the 72-hour waiting period from going into effect after ruling that the requirement is likely constitutional. 

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