Are Forced Reset Triggers Legal in Alaska?

Alaska's prohibited-weapon definition in AS 11.61.200 covers a firearm capable of shooting more than one shot automatically, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. It does not create a separate rate-increasing-trigger category.

SB 203 in the 34th Legislature would add a device designed, made, or adapted to convert a handgun into such a firearm. It remained in the Senate State Affairs Committee after hearings on February 12 and March 5, 2026.

Under the 2025 DOJ settlement with Rare Breed Triggers, an FRT fires one round per trigger function and is not an NFA machine gun federally. The settlement covers rifles and grip-forward pistols; it does not extend to grip-fed handguns (Glock, S&W M&P, Canik), whose federal FRT status remains less settled. State bans operate independently of federal law through broader state machine-gun, trigger-activator, or rate-of-fire definitions.

Federal baseline verified 2026-10-20. Scope: Forced reset triggers (Rare Breed FRT-15, Dairyland Defender, and similar) and forced-reset selectors (AR Super Safety, ARC-Fire). One round per trigger function. Binary triggers are a separate class.