US EditionSome Gun Parts Are Not Protected by Second Amendment: Appeals Court
- The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Second Amendment does not protect suppressors, stating they are accessories, not arms, in United States v. Peterson.
- The ATF charged George Peterson with a felony for selling firearms without background checks and possessing an unregistered silencer.
- The judges noted that while magazines are protected under the Second Amendment, suppressors are not because firearms can function without them.
- Peterson can request an en banc hearing or appeal directly to the Supreme Court after being sentenced to 24 months in prison.
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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 au…
Court Rules Suppressors are NOT Protected by the Second Amendment
The AP5 P is an excellent suppressor host. IMG Jim Grant A three-judge panel for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Second Amendment does not protect suppressors. The case is United States v. Peterson. George Peterson was the owner of PDW Solutions, LLC. PDW Solutions was a Louisiana Federal Firearms Licensed (FFL) gun shop. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) claims that he was selling firearms without r…
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