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States sue US government over deal ending ban on triggers that make some rifles fire more rapidly
- Sixteen states sued the Trump administration on Monday in Maryland federal court over its plan to allow sales and returns of forced-reset triggers.
- The lawsuit follows a May 16 settlement reversing Biden-era policies that had banned these triggers as illegal machine guns under federal law.
- The triggers, made by Rare Breed Triggers, increase firing speed of semiautomatic rifles and were seized or surrendered before being ordered returned under the settlement.
- The Trump administration agreed to return nearly 12,000 devices and allow sales as long as they are not for handguns, while states argue these devices "should be considered illegal machine guns."
- The lawsuit asserts returning the triggers violates law, endangers safety, and will worsen gun violence, with New Jersey's AG stating the administration put firearms profits over residents' safety.
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Sixteen states sue the ATF over return of machine gun devices
(The Center Square) – Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser is joining 15 other state attorneys general in suing the federal government to stop them from redistributing thousands of seized gun parts.
Lewiston Sun Journal
Maine, 15 other states sue US government over deal ending ban on rapid-fire triggers
Sixteen states have sued the Trump administration over its plan to allow the sale of forced-reset triggers and return seized devices
Nevada AG Ford joins lawsuit over Trump administration OK of firearm enhancement
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford announced this week he is joining a coalition of 15 other Democratic attorneys general in a lawsuit against the Trump administration to stop the redistribution
States sue Trump administration over forced-reset firearm trigger policy
Sixteen states have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its plan to permit the sale of forced-reset triggers (FRTs). The triggers are a type of firearm mechanism that allows a rifle shooter to fire at a much faster rate than a firearm equipped with a standard semi-automatic trigger. The federal government’s plan also includes returning the specialty triggers that had already been voluntarily confiscated by the Bureau of Alcohol…
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