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

The Constitution does not cover gun parts like a suppressor, a court concluded.

A gun collector looks at guns in EJB's Gun Shop in Capitol Heights, Md., on March 14, 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

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.