# Second Amendment fight moves beyond guns with Supreme Court poised for big ruling

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/second-amendment-fight-moves-beyond-guns-with-supreme-court-poised-for-big-ruling/
- Published: 2026-10-24T20:26:40+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-24T21:10:48+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/second-amendment-fight-moving-beyond-guns-supreme-court-could-widen-further
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Courts extended Second Amendment protections to switchblades and body armour.
- Both rulings found the governments lacked sufficient historical support for the restrictions.
- The Supreme Court’s coming AR-15 case could shape further challenges.

## Summary

Two federal court rulings have extended Second Amendment protections to switchblade knives and body armour, adding momentum to gun-rights advocates’ arguments ahead of a major Supreme Court case on AR-15-style rifles. The rulings matter because they apply the constitutional definition of “arms” beyond firearms and may influence how courts assess other restrictions on defensive equipment.

The Fifth Circuit struck down federal restrictions on interstate switchblade commerce, while a federal judge in New York invalidated the state’s limits on personal body armour. Both courts found the items covered by the Second Amendment and said the governments had not shown a sufficiently similar historical tradition of regulation, as required by the Supreme Court’s test in *Bruen*. The Supreme Court’s upcoming review in *Viramontes v. Cook County* will consider whether AR-15-style rifles are protected arms; the article says that decision could affect later challenges involving items such as ammunition magazines and automatic knives.

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