A coalition of firearm organizations, Albuquerque dealers, and an individual buyer filed a federal lawsuit on October 19 seeking broader protection from New Mexico’s seven-day firearm waiting period. The complaint in NSSF v. Torrez asks the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico to block enforcement against the plaintiffs, their members, and their customers. It is a request for new relief, not a new order allowing those groups to bypass the waiting period.

The defendant is Raúl Torrez, sued in his official capacity as New Mexico attorney general. The organizational plaintiffs are the National Shooting Sports Foundation, National Rifle Association, Second Amendment Foundation, New Mexico Firearms Industry Association, and New Mexico Shooting Sports Association. Calibers Shooting Sports Center, Omni Tactical USA, Right to Bear Arms, and Peter Hackett also joined the case. The complaint identifies the three businesses as federally licensed dealers in Albuquerque.

The dispute over the earlier case

The new filing centers on the reach of relief in Ortega v. Grisham. According to the complaint, the Tenth Circuit ruled against the waiting-period law in 2025, and the district court granted the Ortega plaintiffs’ summary-judgment motion on August 26, 2026. The coalition says New Mexico nevertheless maintains that enforcement can continue against everyone except Samuel Ortega and Rebecca Scott, the two individuals who brought that earlier case.