Loudoun Sheriff’s Office Retracts Binary Trigger Claim After Public Backlash

Loudoun Sheriff’s Office Retracts Binary Trigger Claim After Public Backlash

Last month, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Department (LCSD) arrested a man for carrying a concealed firearm without a valid Virginia concealed handgun permit (CHP) and having an AR-15 equipped with a binary trigger, which the Sheriff’s Department claimed made the firearm a machine gun. Loudoun County is an upscale suburb of Washington, DC. It is the wealthiest county in the country, and it tends to lean left on most issues. Although the county is…