State Legality Matrix / Binary Triggers / Rhode Island
Statute-cited, last verified 2026-07-10
No. Expressly prohibits possession of a binary trigger.
Controlling law: R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-8(d)
Section 11-47-8(d) makes it unlawful to possess a bump-fire device, binary trigger, or trigger crank; enacted 2018, penalties up to 10 years.
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.
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.
No. Expressly prohibits possession of a binary trigger. Controlling law: R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-8(d).
The controlling law is R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-8(d). Expressly prohibits possession of a binary trigger.
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.