Are Forced Reset Triggers Legal in Indiana?

Indiana Code defines a machine gun by automatic fire of more than one shot, without manual reloading, through a single trigger function. Indiana does not add a separate forced-reset-trigger or general rate-of-fire-device definition.

The Indiana Supreme Court has applied the statutory machine-gun definition in a possession case, reinforcing that the firing operation—not marketing terminology—is the operative fact.

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.