State Legality MatrixForced Reset TriggersOregon
Statute-cited, last verified 2026-07-28 · State detail verified 2026-07-31
Banned
No. Prohibited as a rapid fire activator, with forced reset triggers named explicitly. Effective 2025-09-26.
Controlling law: Or. Rev. Stat. § 166.352 (SB 243, 2025)
Contested entry
SB 243 (Community Safety Firearms Act) defines forced reset trigger by name within rapid fire activator; transport, manufacture, or transfer is a class B felony and possession a class A misdemeanor.
The statute in practice
Oregon's 2025 Senate Bill 243 created a rapid-fire-activator offense and expressly included forced reset triggers in the definition. The enacted text distinguishes manufacture, import, transport, sale, and transfer from possession while assigning separate penalty levels.
Because the statute names the mechanism, Oregon's analysis does not depend solely on whether an FRT meets the federal machine-gun definition.
Timeline
What it means for you
Use the current ORS chapter 166 text and the enrolled act together when checking effective dates and exceptions. The statute regulates the activator itself.
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 rapid fire activator, with forced reset triggers named explicitly. Effective 2025-09-26. Controlling law: Or. Rev. Stat. § 166.352 (SB 243, 2025).
The controlling law is Or. Rev. Stat. § 166.352 (SB 243, 2025). Prohibited as a rapid fire activator, with forced reset triggers named explicitly.
Oregon's rule took effect 2025-09-26. SB 243 (Community Safety Firearms Act) defines forced reset trigger by name within rapid fire activator; transport, manufacture, or transfer is a class B felony and possession a class A misdemeanor.
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.