Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford has announced that the Trump administration has exempted Nevada from its plans to distribute machine gun conversion devices.
This announcement was made after AG Ford and a coalition of 16 other attorneys general filed a lawsuit blocking the plan.
According to a release from the AG's office, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has confirmed it will not return forced reset triggers (FRTs) into Nevada or any of the other states involved in the suit.
Rare Breed Triggers, the country's largest seller of FRTs, has also confirmed that it will not sell FRTs in the involved states.
Based on this, the coalition is withdrawing its motion for an injunction.
In recent years, machine-gun conversion devices like FRTs, which can dramatically increase a firearm’s rate of fire, have been frequently used in violent crimes and mass shootings.
In addition to Nevada, the FRT devices will not be returned or distributed in the other coalition states, which include:
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
- Colorado
- Hawaii
- Illinois
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- New Jersey
- Oregon
- Rhode Island
- Vermont
- Washington
For more information from the Attorney General's office, check out the Nevada Office of the Attorney General website.
