US EditionStates 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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Colorado joins lawsuit against ATF over deal ending ban on rapid-fire triggers for rifles
DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado is one of 16 states that have sued the Trump administration over its plan to allow the sale of forced-reset triggers that make semiautomatic rifles fire more rapidly and return devices already seized to their owners. The suit announced Monday argues that returning the triggers would violate federal law, pose a threat to residents and law enforcement and worsen gun violence. It was filed in federal court in Maryland. …
Hawaii, 14 other states, sue over move to return seized rapid-fire gun devices | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Fifteen Democratic-led U.S. states, including Hawaii, filed a lawsuit today seeking to block Republican President Donald Trump’s administration from returning thousands of previously seized devices that can be used to convert semiautomatic rifles into weapons that can shoot as quickly as machine guns.
Nevada sues Trump administration over machine gun conversion devices
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Nevada is now part of a multi-state federal lawsuit against the Trump administration, in particular the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, over plans to distribute machine gun conversion devices across the United States. The ATF's action involves Forced Reset Triggers, which allow a gun to maintain continuous fire after one trigger pull. “These devices, which allow normal guns to fire at a rate that exceeds …
Colorado, 15 states sue ATF over deal ending ban on triggers that can make rifles fire more rapidly
Colorado and 15 other states have sued the Trump administration over its plan to allow the sale of forced-reset triggers that make semiautomatic rifles fire more rapidly and return devices already seized to their owners.
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