State Legality Matrix / Forced Reset Triggers / Delaware
Statute-cited, last verified 2026-07-28
No. Reached by the rapid fire device prohibition alongside bump stocks and trigger cranks.
Controlling law: 11 Del. C. § 1444
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.
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. 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.