Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to California Gun Waiting Period

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a blow to gun rights activists, the U.S.

Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away a challenge to California’s 10-day waiting period for firearms purchases that is intended to guard against impulsive violence and suicides.

The court’s action underscored its continued reluctance to step into the national debate over gun control roiled by a series of mass shootings including one at a Florida school last week..