Are Forced Reset Triggers Legal in Wyoming?

Wyoming's criminal code does not establish a separate forced-reset-trigger or generic rate-increasing-trigger category. Section 6-8-401 reserves the regulation of the sale, transfer, purchase, manufacture, ownership, transportation, storage, use, and possession of firearms, weapons, and ammunition to the state.

That preemption rule addresses who may regulate; it does not alter the distinction between a semiautomatic trigger reset and a device that converts a firearm to automatic fire.

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.

Federal baseline verified 2026-10-20. 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.