Justice Department Settles Lawsuits, Allowing Sales of Rapid-Fire Trigger Devices

Gun rights advocates have challenged a 2022 ATF rule that cast some rapid-fire trigger devices as machine gun parts.

An AR-15 rifle at FT3 tactical shooting range in Stanton, Calif., on May 3, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

The Department of Justice has agreed to settle a lawsuit challenging its classification of some rapid-fire trigger devices, known as forced-reset triggers, as machine gun parts.

On May 16, Attorney General Pam Bondi said the department had agreed to discontinue its legal battles with Rare Breed Triggers, a company producing some of these forced-reset trigger products.