“No matter who oversees the federal government, California will remain the steadfast beacon of progress on gun safety that it has long been,” said Attorney General Bonta in a statement. “It is a devastating fact that in our nation, children and teens are more likely to die by gun violence than any illness or accident. California’s commonsense gun-safety laws save lives, and the prohibition of forced reset triggers is no exception. As firearms become faster, more powerful, and more deadly, the threat of these weapons being used for gun violence only increases. My office will continue to promote and defend gun-safety laws and fight to keep our communities safe.”
Gun owner groups and supporters of FRTs becoming legal in California noted that Bonta’s announcement is typical of California’s approach to firearm laws by criminalizing them as much as possible. They also noted that California’s approach only invited more court cases and legal challenges in the future.
“The California AG’s classification of forced reset triggers (FRT) as illegal “multiburst trigger activators” expands the law’s intent and is typical of the state’s approach to interpreting all gun laws as broadly as possible to criminalize gun ownership,” explained California Rifle & Pistol Association (CRPA) President Chuck Michel in an interview with the Globe. “FRTs are not trigger-activating devices; they are the trigger itself. And the vague ‘increases the rate of fire’ standard suggests criminalizing other legal trigger upgrades, inviting arbitrary enforcement and legal challenges.”
As of Tuesday, the FRT ban remains in place in California, albeit with the state assault weapons ban looking more likely to face a Supreme Court battle.
— Evan Symon in AG Rob Bonta’s ‘Forced Reset Triggers’ Remain Illegal Under CA Law Despite DOJ Deal Ending Ban
You missed another, Florida bans them as well, thanks to the Ft Lauderdale school shooter, who I refuse to name…
What would the antis do without school shooters?
Why do you think there are so many
You can thank governor Ron for the trigger ban
“It is a devastating fact that in our nation, children and teens are more likely to die by gun violence than any illness or accident.”
hmmm…. nope.
Aggregating for the overall picture and not specific context: The top causes, in our nation, of accidental and illness death for children and teens (aged 1 to 19 years) is non-firearm accidents (including car accidents), cancer, heart disease, congenital malformations/deformations/chromosomal abnormalities, other diseases, poisoning, drug overdose (and for teens 15 – 19 years of age) self-inflicted (i.e. suicide or other mental health invoked self-harm) non-firearm harm.
Children and teens in our nation are more likely to die by (non-firearm) accidental and illness (i.e disease) causes than from any other cause.
“self-inflicted (i.e. suicide or other mental health invoked self-harm)”
for example, in 2023 ‘accidents’ included teens who harmed them selves increased by 15%. They did it by cutting, burning, punching, or engaging in other forms of self-injury (without intending for death to be an end goal), this is known as non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI). They failed, and for many of these teens death resulted from the ‘accident’.
If the federal Hear Protection Act passes. California and other states will still make them illegal to possess.
The bumpstock is still illegal in california. Despite the SC making them legal nation wide.
President Reagan’s words are more truer than ever.
“There are 50 different states. With 50 different ways of doing things.”
Or words to that effect. I know many don’t like it but the final answer is to move to a different state.
It’s what the former slaves did when they left the south.
It’s what the mormons did in order to escape being murdered by the citizens of the state of Missouri. Whose governor said it was okay to murder mormons.
But if you want the “free stuff” then stay in Colorado or California.
NY too. Like suppressors, threaded barrels, stand capacity magazines, etc. All these rulings and regulations are meaningless without preemption over restrictive state laws on our 2nd amendment rights.