Guns and waiting periods [View all]

There have been many proposals for waiting periods longer the 3 days, up 6 months or a year on the high end.

Lately there have been a few posts around DU of people who never before have considered owning a gun questioning if they may have to buy one in the near future. Should those people decide to purchase a gun, based on real or perceived threat, they may find that will not be able to take the gun home until the waiting period has elapsed.

Considering that there may be a more immediate need during critical times, would those who support long waiting periods (let's arbitrarily define long as greater than 7 days) believe the waiting period be reduced or waived during specific crisis time e.g a natural disaster or declared national emergencies?