I confess that I have no idea what a forced reset trigger is. According to Wikipedia,
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The forced reset trigger works by mechanically resetting the trigger's position after a shot is fired. This allows for an increased rate of fire. However, the shooter must still manually pull the trigger each time it resets for any subsequent shot to be fired.
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I guess maybe all my firearms have forced reset triggers, because I have never fired any firearm on which I had to manually move the trigger forward before I could fire another shot. I guess maybe you could say that a single action revolver doesn't reset the trigger -- but it also doesn't reset the hammer, and when you cock the hammer the trigger resets -- automatically.
So I really don't understand all the hoopla. But I know the BATFE under Biden got their knickers in a twist over these things and declared them to be "machine guns," and that's what the lawsuit is all about. The ATF under Biden took the attitude that because a FRT allows firing faster, it's a machine gun. But the definition of a machine gun has nothing to do with how fast you can pull the trigger. The definition says
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... more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.
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So this is another iteration of the bump stock debate. A bump stock doesn't alter a firearm to fire more than one round with a single action of the trigger, it just helps to pull the trigger faster. If I'm understanding this correctly, that's also what a forced reset trigger does. And IMHO the BATFE should not be in the business of stretching classifications beyond what the legal definitions clearly say.
As tangolima wrote:
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Originally Posted by tangolima
But that's not the point. Not to infringe is.
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