State Legality MatrixBinary TriggersFlorida
Statute-cited, not legal advice, last verified 2026-10-20
Restricted
Restricted. Likely prohibited under the broad bump-fire-stock rate-of-fire definition, but the statute does not name binary triggers. Effective 2018-10-01.
Controlling law: Fla. Stat. § 790.222
Contested entry
Section 790.222, created by s. 13, ch. 2018-3, Laws of Florida, effective October 1, 2018, defines a prohibited bump-fire stock as a conversion kit, tool, accessory, or device used to alter a firearm's rate of fire to mimic automatic weapon fire or to increase the rate of fire beyond what a person can achieve unassisted; violation is a third-degree felony. The text does not name binary triggers, so the class is treated as legally ambiguous rather than a clear statutory ban. HB 6021 (2026), which would have repealed § 790.222, died in the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee on March 13, 2026.
The statute in practice
Florida section 790.222 defines a bump-fire stock as a conversion kit, tool, accessory, or device used to alter a firearm's rate of fire to mimic automatic weapon fire or to increase the rate of fire beyond what a person can achieve with the semiautomatic firearm unassisted, and makes importing, selling, possessing, or transferring one a third-degree felony. The text does not name binary triggers.
Timeline
Federal law
Binary triggers are legal under federal law and are not machine guns under 26 U.S.C. § 5845(b); ATF treats the trigger pull and the trigger release as two separate functions of the trigger, so one round is fired per function. Cargill v. Garland (2024) concerned bump stocks, not binary triggers, and does not change this.
Federal baseline verified 2026-10-20. Scope: Binary triggers (Franklin Armory BFSIII and similar): fire one round on trigger pull and one on release. Forced reset triggers are a separate class.
Common questions
Restricted. Likely prohibited under the broad bump-fire-stock rate-of-fire definition, but the statute does not name binary triggers. Effective 2018-10-01. Controlling law: Fla. Stat. § 790.222.
The controlling law is Fla. Stat. § 790.222. Likely prohibited under the broad bump-fire-stock rate-of-fire definition, but the statute does not name binary triggers.
Florida's rule took effect 2018-10-01. Section 790.222, created by s. 13, ch. 2018-3, Laws of Florida, effective October 1, 2018, defines a prohibited bump-fire stock as a conversion kit, tool, accessory, or device used to alter a firearm's rate of fire to mimic automatic weapon fire or to increase the rate of fire beyond what a person can achieve unassisted; violation is a third-degree felony. The text does not name binary triggers, so the class is treated as legally ambiguous rather than a clear statutory ban. HB 6021 (2026), which would have repealed § 790.222, died in the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee on March 13, 2026.