State Legality MatrixForced Reset TriggersDelaware
Statute-cited, last verified 2026-07-28 · State detail verified 2026-07-31
Banned
No. Reached by the rapid fire device prohibition alongside bump stocks and trigger cranks.
Controlling law: 11 Del. C. § 1444
Contested entry
The rapid fire device catch-all covers any device increasing rate of fire to mimic a machine gun; first offense is a class B misdemeanor, subsequent offenses a class E felony.
The statute in practice
Delaware Code title 11, section 1444 regulates a rapid-fire device, including bump stocks, trigger cranks, and a catch-all device that increases a semiautomatic firearm's rate of fire to mimic machine-gun fire.
The catch-all language is the relevant text for a forced-reset trigger because the statute does not list that product name separately.
What it means for you
Section 1444 reaches manufacture, sale, transfer, purchase, receipt, possession, and transport. Its enumerated exceptions are limited, so compliance cannot be inferred from ownership predating a proposed purchase.
Federal law
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 2026-07-28. 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.
Common questions
No. Reached by the rapid fire device prohibition alongside bump stocks and trigger cranks. Controlling law: 11 Del. C. § 1444.
The controlling law is 11 Del. C. § 1444. Reached by the rapid fire device prohibition alongside bump stocks and trigger cranks.
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.