Feds say firearms with forced-reset triggers could be considered machine guns

The federal government is advising gun owners that devices marketed as replacement triggers for AR-style firearms could classify owners’ firearms as machine guns.

An examination of forced-reset triggers shows they enable the weapon to fire a second round without having to release the trigger, which, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, subjects them to more restrictions under the National Firearms Act and the Gun Control Act.