Shooting News Weekly relates that "DC Man’s Slip of the Tongue Lands Him in Jail for Possession of a Forced Reset Trigger." According to the article, Erez Avissar was using a 3D printed forced reset trigger (FRT) at an unnamed shooting range in D.C., when he described the trigger as a "conversion device" to someone at the range--likely an employee of the range according to the article--and that person passed his name on to police who later arrested Avissar. Conversion devices--i.e., devices that convert a semi-auto to full-auto--are illegal under both federal and D.C. law. But an FRT is not a conversion device. Avissar's slip up, both in talking to the employee and in misstating what was the trigger, has landed him in jail.
(sigh). They should sell FRTs at 7-11.
ReplyDeleteAfter I posted this, I saw a Colion Noir video about this incident and he describes a different situation. His take, based on his review of the charging documents, was the man was arrested because he had printed his own FRT, whereas law enforcement apparently is taking the position that the lawsuit and settlement that made FRTs legal only applies to a particular trigger manufactured by Rare Breed Triggers and all others are still "conversion devices".
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