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Fifth Circuit Panel Rules Silencers are Protected Arms, Can Still be Regulated

The court said suppressors are protected by the Second Amendment, but it upheld Brennan Comeaux’s conviction because he did not show NFA abuse.

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A federal appeals court has ruled the Second Amendment covers silencers, but that doesn’t mean the government can’t restrict them. On Thursday, a three-judge panel on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld Brennan Comeaux’s conviction for possessing unregistered silencers. Comeaux argued silencers are protected by the Second Amendment, and the National Firearms Act’s (NFA)… Source

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The Reload broke the news on Thursday, June 18, 2026.
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