ATF open letter to all FFLs - FRTs

[Ringel05]

ATF has made a ruling on Forced Reset Triggers determining that they constitute machine guns.

Copied from the email I received:

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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) recently examined devices commonly known as “forced reset triggers” (FRTs) and has determined that some of them are “firearms” and “machineguns” as defined in the National Firearms Act (NFA), and “machineguns” as defined in the Gun Control Act (GCA). These particular FRTs are being marketed as replacement triggers for AR-type firearms. Unlike traditional triggers and binary triggers (sometimes referred to generally as “FRTs”), the subject FRTs do not require shooters to pull and then subsequently release the trigger to fire a second shot. Instead, these FRTs utilize the firing cycle to eliminate the need for the shooter to release the trigger before a second shot is fired. By contrast, some after-market triggers have similar components but also incorporate a disconnector or similar feature to ensure that the trigger must be released before a second shot may be fired and may not be machineguns.​

Based on ATF’s determination that the FRTs that function as described above are “machineguns” under the NFA and GCA, ATF intends to take appropriate remedial action with respect to sellers and possessors of these devices. Current possessors of these devices are encouraged to contact ATF for further guidance on how they may divest possession. If you are uncertain whether the device you possess is a machinegun as defined by the GCA and NFA, please contact your local ATF Field Office. You may consult the local ATF Office’s webpage for office contact information.

 

[okfine]

ATF has made a ruling on Forced Reset Triggers determining that they constitute machine guns.

Copied from the email I received:

I knew it would happen.

 

[M14 Shooter]

ATF has made a ruling on Forced Reset Triggers determining that they constitute machine guns.
Copied from the email I received:

They are only machineguns if you lie to yourself.

 

[Ringel05]

If this letter is legit (some have called it into question) it only affects the triggers made by two companies, not all of them.

 

[Esdraelon]

I'd been holding off on installing a binary on my AR because I figured they'd come for those. Time to go ahead and get one, I guess. Fook 'em...

 

[Wild Bill Kelsoe]

I knew it would happen.

You knew the ATF would lie? I knew that, too. Good call.