Are Forced Reset Triggers Legal in Vermont?

Litigation Status and Details

Vermont has no trigger-activator statute reaching forced reset triggers.

Vermont Law in Detail

Vermont's rapid-fire provision at 13 V.S.A. section 4022 prohibits a bump-fire stock, defined as a butt stock that uses recoil energy to create reciprocating action and repeated trigger activation. That definition describes an external stock, not an internal forced reset trigger.

No Vermont statute names forced reset triggers or creates a trigger-activator category, so a one-shot-per-trigger-function FRT falls outside the bump-fire-stock prohibition and Vermont sits in the legal column.

Legislative and Court History

• 2018-04-11Governor Phil Scott signed S.55, enacted as Act 94 (2017 Adjourned Session), establishing the bump-fire-stock prohibition in 13 V.S.A. section 4022.
• 2018-10-01The bump-fire-stock prohibition took effect.

Practical Notes

Vermont's restriction is limited to the statutory bump-fire-stock definition. Fitting an FRT does not attach a recoil-energy butt stock, which is the element the statute turns on.

Sources

• https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/13/085/04022
• https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2018/S.55

Federal baseline

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.

Forced Reset Triggers Worth Buying

If your state is green on the map, these are the FRTs we recommend. The Rare Breed FRT-15 line is the settlement-covered original, and the Triggered Company's Disruptor and LAT are the strongest alternatives on the same one-pull-per-round mechanism.

Triggers & Fire Control • $450

Rare Breed Triggers FRT-15L3

The original forced reset trigger with an ambidextrous 3-position safety and full hardware kit

• 4-4.5 lb semi / 5.5-6 lb FRT pull
• Forced reset
• Ambidextrous 3-position safety

$450.00 MSRP

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Triggers & Fire Control • $250

The Triggered Company Partisan Disruptor FRT

Drop-in forced reset trigger with 3-position safety for rapid follow-up shots

• 3.75-4.1lb pull
• Forced reset
• Tool steel construction

$275.00

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Triggers & Fire Control • $324.99

The Triggered Company LAT FRT

Match-grade assisted reset FRT, a refinement of the Disruptor with a cleaner 3-3.5 lb pull and 17-4 stainless internals

• 3-3.5 lb pull
• Forced reset (ARSE)
• 17-4 stainless / 4140 chromoly

$324.99

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Triggers & Fire Control • $43

Hoffman Tactical Trigger Kicker

Active-reset disconnector swap that adds forced reset behavior to a mil-spec AR-15 fire control group

• Active-reset disconnector
• Drop-in disconnector swap
• Hardened 4130 alloy steel

$43.00 MSRP

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