16 states sue to block Trump administration plan to distribute machine-gun conversion devices

[Eugene]

Source: Maryland Matters

16 states sue to block Trump administration plan to distribute machine-gun conversion devices

Thousands of such devices previously seized by ATF would be returned, including to states where the devices are illegal under state law

By: William J. Ford - June 9, 2025 10:00 pm

Attorneys general in 16 jurisdictions sued Monday to block a Trump administration plan to redistribute thousands of devices that convert guns to machine guns, including distribution in states where such devices are banned by state law.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Maryland, said the plan would not only expose residents of those states to greater amounts of deadly violence, but it would be contrary to federal law that calls for the seizure of machine-gun conversion devices. And it would cause federal officials to “aid and abet violations of state law” by distributing the devices in states where they are outlawed, the suit said.

The decision to return almost 12,000 forced reset triggers — which allow shooters to fire hundreds of rounds a minute with one pull of the trigger — was announced in a settlement last month between the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and gun manufacturers and gun-rights groups.

“These devices enable firearms to fire up to 900 bullets per minute. The increased rate of fire allows carnage and chaos to reign on the streets,” said Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown (D) in a virtual press briefing Monday with New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin (D) and Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings (D).

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Read more: https://marylandmatters.org/2025/06/09/16-states-sue-to-block-trump-administration-plan-to-distribute-machine-gun-conversion-devices/

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Imagine if these converted "guns" were available

on 1/6/21.

Democracy would have ended on that date.