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Is ATF Preparing To Confiscate Forced Reset Triggers?

https://themachinegunnest.com/is-atf-moving-to-seize-lawfully-owned-items-immediately/
https://www.gunsamerica.com/digest/breaking-atf-to-start-confiscating-these-today/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcMi4Ukf7s4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUW4mwuN58Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLwE2nhnIZc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3gf_5MR4tE
https://themachinegunnest.com/whats-next-for-david-chipman/
https://www.rarebreedtriggers.com/

by The Machine Gun Nest (TMGN)

Gun Owners of America, one of the largest pro-gun organizations, has
just published what appears to be a leaked internal ATF email
documenting their plans to start seizing lawfully-owned forced reset
and wide-open triggers beginning immediately.

Gun Owners of America has credibility when it comes to finding out
what the ATF is doing before going public. If you remember, they were
some of the first to break the news on the ATF considering braced
pistols to be short barrel rifles, a very similar situation.

GOA's video (linked here) discusses how the ATF has just given their
field agents the go-ahead to start demanding the forfeiture of Rare
Breed's Forced Reset Trigger and BDU's Wide Open Trigger, which the
ATF considers to be a "machine gun."

For now, the ATF appears to be targeting manufacturers and resellers,
according to the email. Still, the question is, of course, whether
this portends similar action against individuals down the road.

The interesting thing about these items is that (as we've covered
before) they're not machine guns at all. Anyone possessing a bump
stock violates the Hughes Amendment and the National Firearms Act and
is subject to harsh penalties. This situation is very similar to the
bump stock situation in 2019, where a firearm accessory increases the
rate of fire yet does not convert the gun itself to "automatic." The
ATF, of course, cared little for these nuances and ended up
considering bump stocks themselves to be "machine guns" in 2019.
They're now seemingly looking to do the same for forced reset
triggers.

In the leaked email, these plans for confiscation are detailed
further. We can see that the ATF is planning to "take possession of
any documents and FRTs" that retailers and manufacturers have.
Additionally, it's detailed in the leaked email that if said
manufacturers, distributors, or retailers refuse to comply, the field
agents can "seize them for forfeiture."

One of the most interesting parts of the leak is how the word
"defendant" is used. In the email, it reads, "FMS will be collecting
the number of FRT's recovered and number of defendants found in
possession of these devices." It seems that the ATF has already
declared those in possession of FRTs to be guilty.

The FRT was an amazingly popular device with wide circulation among
gun owners. This leak is disturbing news. But this is just another
example of the ATF changing the law on a whim and criminalizing
millions overnight. Who knows how many gun owners may be affected by
this change in policy.

There's another aspect to this policy change that is even more
sinister, though. The forced reset trigger technically still is a
semi-automatic trigger. Even though it may allow the operator to
increase their fire rate, the trigger is still being actuated per
shot. There's a reset of the trigger each time it's pulled. All the
forced reset does is, force the resetting of the trigger to happen.

So by all logical standards, that trigger is semi-automatic. Gun
owners should be very concerned about this. When the ATF banned bump
stocks, many people thought they were silly devices that were more of
a novelty than anything else, and while that might be true, how they
were banned has opened up the path to banning all semi-automatic
firearms.

To ban the bump stock, the ATF could only use laws already on the
books. That law is the NFA (National Firearms Act). The NFA subjected
certain firearms to a regulatory tax and background check for the
purchase. Those items are suppressors, short barrel rifles/shotguns,
and suppressors. In 1986, the Hughes Amendment was added to FOPA or
Firearms Owners Protection Act. This amendment banned possession of
all new production machine guns after 1986 altogether. So how did the
ATF "ban" bump stocks? By considering them to be machine guns, no bump
stocks were made before 1986. So all bump stocks were effectively
banned using the NFA, GCA & FOPA. The ATF uses this same process to
ban and criminalize possession of forced reset triggers.

Now here's why gun owners should be concerned. These devices are not
machine guns. They only increase the rate of semi-automatic fire. How
long until single-stage triggers are considered machine guns? Then
semi-automatic triggers in general- Have you ever seen Jerry Miculek
shoot?

For those reading now that think that maybe I'm being paranoid, I'd
highly encourage you to read "Legal & Lethal," an article for Giffords
written by none other than failed ATF nominee David Chipman.

In Section 9 of Legal & Lethal, Chipman details his idea that
semi-automatic firearms with "large-capacity magazines" in his mind
are the same as machine guns, and considering a semi-automatic trigger
like Rare Breed's FRT is another inch closer to that goal.