State Legality Matrix / Forced Reset Triggers / Connecticut
Statute-cited, last verified 2026-07-28
No. Prohibited as a rate of fire enhancement. Effective 2018-10-01.
Controlling law: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53-206g
Enacted by P.A. 18-29, effective October 1, 2018. The definition expressly names binary trigger systems; forced reset triggers are not named, and coverage rests on the broader rate-of-fire-enhancement definition as enforced. Class D felony. Makers do not ship FRTs to Connecticut.
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.
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.
No. Prohibited as a rate of fire enhancement. Effective 2018-10-01. Controlling law: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53-206g.
The controlling law is Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53-206g. Prohibited as a rate of fire enhancement.
Connecticut's rule took effect 2018-10-01. Enacted by P.A. 18-29, effective October 1, 2018. The definition expressly names binary trigger systems; forced reset triggers are not named, and coverage rests on the broader rate-of-fire-enhancement definition as enforced. Class D felony. Makers do not ship FRTs to Connecticut.
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.