State Legality MatrixForced Reset TriggersDelaware
Statute-cited, not legal advice, last verified 2026-10-20
Banned
No. Reached by the rapid fire device prohibition alongside bump stocks and trigger cranks.
Controlling law: 11 Del. C. § 1444(a)(6)
Contested entry
Section 1444(a)(6) lists bump stocks, trigger cranks, and rapid fire devices, defining a rapid fire device as any part, kit, tool, accessory, or device that increases a semiautomatic firearm's rate of fire to a rate that mimics a machine gun. Possession alone is a class B misdemeanor for a first offense and a class E felony for a subsequent offense.
The statute in practice
Delaware Code title 11, section 1444(a)(6) lists bump stocks, trigger cranks, and rapid fire devices as destructive weapons. A rapid fire device is any part, kit, tool, accessory, or device that increases a semiautomatic firearm's rate of fire to a rate that mimics the rate of fire of a machine gun.
That catch-all 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 making, selling, transferring, buying, receiving, and possessing a listed device. Possession alone of a section 1444(a)(6) device is a class B misdemeanor for a first offense and a class E felony for a subsequent offense, and a device relinquished to a Delaware law-enforcement agency is not treated as a transfer or as evidence of possession.
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 2026-10-20. 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.
Common questions
No. Reached by the rapid fire device prohibition alongside bump stocks and trigger cranks. Controlling law: 11 Del. C. § 1444(a)(6).
The controlling law is 11 Del. C. § 1444(a)(6). Reached by the rapid fire device prohibition alongside bump stocks and trigger cranks.