15 States Sue to Block Return of Forced Reset Triggers
A federal lawsuit to stop the ATF from returning 12,000 forced reset triggers to gun owners was filed this week by 16 Attorneys General.
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Fifteen states and the District of Columbia filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump Administration over Forced Reset Triggers.
The lawsuit, filed in Maryland, targets the recent deal between the ATF and FRT-maker Rare Breed Triggers.
In May, the Department of Justice announced it was dropping litigation in three pending cases against Rare Breed. In the deal made with Rare Breed, the DOJ is prohibited from pursuing forced reset triggers in the future and promised to return all seized or surrendered triggers to their original owners.
But a month later, trouble with forced reset triggers has returned. 16 Attorney Generals filed a 32-page complaint naming U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and the ATF as defendants, as well as Rare Breed Triggers, the National Association of Gun Rights, and Texas Gun Rights.
The lawsuit aims to prevent 12,000 FRTs from being redistributed to their original owners.
“These devices turn regular guns into machine guns, and there’s a reason they’re illegal," Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield said in a statement. "They’re designed to unleash rapid, uncontrolled fire, and they’ve been linked to deadly school shootings across the country."
The suit was filed in Maryland, which falls in the U.S. Fourth District. Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia are named as plaintiffs in the complaint.
The National Association of Gun Rights called the lawsuit reckless and said the claims made in the suit are groundless.
"A federal court already ruled the government unlawfully seized thousands of legal triggers from law-abiding Americans – a decision that the ATF now acknowledges and accepts," Hannah Hill, NAGR's Vice President, said in a statement on X. "These states lack standing to file this lawsuit, and they know it. This suit is just reckless political lawfare."
We covered the ATF vs. FRTs extensively, so head over to our article to learn more.
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