Some Gun Parts Are Not Protected by Second Amendment: Appeals Court

Some gun parts are not covered by the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment, a federal appeals court has decided.
“Possession of firearms themselves is covered by the plain text of the Second Amendment, possession of firearm accessories is not,” U.S. Circuit Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod said in the Feb. 6 opinion.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit took up an appeal from a firearm dealer whose Louisiana home was searched by federal authorities. He was charged after authorities discovered an unregistered suppressor, also known as a silencer.
The dealer, George Peterson, filed motions to dismiss the case and/or suppress the evidence gathered, arguing the law to register suppressors violated gun owners’ Second Amendment rights. A federal judge in 2023 denied the motions, finding the law constitutional on the grounds that suppressors are merely accessories, not arms, so are not protected by the amendment….