State Legality MatrixForced Reset TriggersHawaii
Statute-cited, last verified 2026-07-28 · State detail verified 2026-07-31
Banned
No. Prohibited as a multiburst trigger activator.
Controlling law: Haw. Rev. Stat. § 134-8.5
Contested entry
Bans bump fire stocks, multiburst trigger activators, and trigger cranks; class C felony.
The statute in practice
Hawaii Revised Statutes section 134-8.5 regulates bump-fire stocks, multiburst trigger activators, and trigger cranks. A multiburst trigger activator includes a device designed or redesigned to be attached to a semiautomatic firearm and permit it to discharge two or more shots in a burst by activating the device.
That state-specific device definition, rather than only the conventional machine-gun definition, controls the forced-reset comparison.
What it means for you
Section 134-8.5 addresses manufacture, importation, sale, transfer, and possession, subject to narrow official-use exceptions. Product terminology is not a substitute for comparing the actual mechanism with each statutory element.
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.
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. 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.