A federal judge has sided with a group of gun rights advocates over Maine’s 72-hour waiting period law again.Chief U.S. District Judge Lance Walker denied Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey’s motion to temporarily suspend the enforcement of a court-ordered preliminary injunction halting the state’s 72-hour waiting period for gun purchases.

Chief U.S. District Judge Lance Walker denied the attorney general's call to restore the waiting period for gun purchases while waiting for a federal appeals court to take up the case.

A federal judge is denying the Maine attorney general's request to temporarily reinstate the law that requires consumers to wait three days before buying a gun. A federal judge put the law on hold last month following a gun rights group request.