Carson City, NV — Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced that Nevada will be excluded from the Trump administration’s plan to distribute machine-gun conversion devices across the United States. This decision follows a lawsuit filed by Ford and a coalition of 16 attorneys general.
“Machine-gun conversion devices have no legitimate use in our society and put our residents at much greater risk of falling victim to gun violence,” said AG Ford. “I am relieved that Nevada will be spared from this illegal influx of devices designed only to kill. However, I am still concerned that distributing these items across other areas of the country will cause them to appear in the Silver State. I will continue to fight this action for the safety of Nevadans and the rest of our great country, which has seen far too much gun violence.”
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) confirmed it would not return Forced Reset Triggers (FRTs) into Nevada or other plaintiff states. Rare Breed Triggers also confirmed it would not sell FRTs in these states. Consequently, the coalition is withdrawing its motion for a preliminary injunction based on these representations.
Machine-gun conversion devices like FRTs increase a firearm’s rate of fire significantly and have been linked to violent crimes and mass shootings in recent years. The ATF reported a 1,400% increase in incidents involving MCDs from 2019 through 2021.
Apart from Nevada, FRT devices will not be distributed in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.
