COOL OFF Act Choosing Our Own Lives Over Fast Firearms Act
Not law yet. Pending legislation.
Bill summary
Official digest is not on this card.
Now vs if chaptered
Now: no federal 3-day handgun receipt wait. If chaptered: new 922(aa) unlicensed-to-unlicensed wait plus 922(t) FFL wait, with LE/family/range exceptions; 90-day delayed effective date. Confirm enactment before advising.
Defender utility
Federal and multi-state PDs: there is no federal 3-day handgun waiting-period crime today. If this chapters, the case is timing (3 business days), handgun-only scope, and the 922(t)(7) exceptions — not a rifle/shotgun wait. Bank already serves waiting-period challenges. Not a California 10-day DROS analogue until enacted.
Who this is for. Federal defenders and CA PDs watching a pending 3-day federal handgun wait — not present law; not California DROS.
Exemptions (draft)
Proposed 922(t)(7): LE/armed private security/armed forces in official duties; specified family loans; temporary to prevent imminent death/GBH; temporary range/hunt/in-presence of transferor.
Penalties (if chaptered)
If chaptered: 18 U.S.C. 924(a)(1)(B) would include new 922(aa). Not in force.