State Legality Matrix / Forced Reset Triggers / Hawaii
Statute-cited, last verified 2026-07-28
No. Prohibited as a multiburst trigger activator.
Controlling law: Haw. Rev. Stat. § 134-8.5
Bans bump fire stocks, multiburst trigger activators, and trigger cranks; class C 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. Prohibited as a multiburst trigger activator. Controlling law: Haw. Rev. Stat. § 134-8.5.
The controlling law is Haw. Rev. Stat. § 134-8.5. Prohibited as a multiburst trigger activator.
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.