Federal Judge Rejects Challenge to Chicago Ban on Gun Laser Sights

‘Laser sights are neither firearms themselves nor necessary to the operation of a firearm,’ Judge Charles Kocoras said.

People look at a gun with a laser sight attached in an undated file image. Raul Arboleda/AFP/Getty Images

Laser sights for guns are not protected by the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment, a federal judge ruled on July 22, upholding the city of Chicago’s ban on the sights.

Firearms are effective weapons without laser sights attached “and thus a laser sight ‘is not a weapon protected by the Second Amendment’” but is instead an accessory unnecessary to operate firearms, U.S. District Judge Charles Kocoras said, quoting a ruling in a separate case.