Sixteen states have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its plan to permit the sale of forced-reset triggers (FRTs). The triggers are a type of firearm mechanism that allows a rifle shooter to fire at a much faster rate than a firearm equipped with a standard semi-automatic trigger.

The device allows semiautomatic weapons to fire more rapidly. Federal officials had classified them as machine guns, effectively making them illegal.

The triggers which can be attached to semiautomatic rifles to turn them into full-auto weapons were banned under the Biden administration.View on euronews