{"id":161986,"date":"2022-04-06T08:03:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T12:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=161986"},"modified":"2022-04-06T08:03:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T04:56:46","slug":"atf-asking-vendors-for-forced-reset-trigger-customer-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/atf-asking-vendors-for-forced-reset-trigger-customer-records\/","title":{"rendered":"ATF Asking Vendors for Forced Reset Trigger Customer Records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Rare Breed Firearms has clarified that their company uses a “digital shredding policy” to erase customer records. (Photo: RBF<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Following the recent announcement from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) that some forced-reset triggers, or FRTs, are machineguns, new reports indicate that the ATF is now asking vendors for client information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“On Friday, April 1st, 2022, the ATF visited several forced reset triggers retailers over the companies selling the Rare Breed Triggers FRT-15,” said AmmoLand News<\/a>. “This time the ATF requested customer records of the purchasers of the triggers.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The ATF did not have a court order to take possession of the documents, so the agents left empty-handed. None of the three retailers AmmoLand News spoke to on background gave up the records,” they report. “AmmoLand News is not aware and does not believe any individual gun owners have been visited over any FRT triggers.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previously, in addition to classifying some FRTs as machineguns, the ATF also visited several vendors supplying Rare Breed Triggers, one of the more prominent manufacturers of FRTs, to confiscate triggers and trigger components as well as issuing cease-and-desist letters to the companies to halt trigger and trigger component production. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The controversy around forced reset triggers started when Rare Breed Triggers was served with a ‘cease-and-desist’ notice by the ATF over the FRT-15,” they said. “The agency tested and determined that the trigger converts a semi-automatic AR-15 style firearm into a machinegun.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The ATF accused the trigger of being a type of drop-in auto sear. According to federal regulations, any device that converts a firearm into a machine gun will be considered a machine gun itself.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Also: ATF Writes Open Letter to all FFLs with FRT Warning<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lawrence DeMonico, the owner of Rare Breed Triggers, has gone on the record on multiple occasions stating that the company has a “digital shredding policy,” and that they delete all customer records as soon as possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the company has said that they will comply with the ATF on the condition that they have a court order, their privacy policy destroys customer records after all sales, meaning they have few or no customer records to turn over at any given time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, there’s no guarantee that other makers of FRTs have the same policies in place. So far, it doesn’t appear that the ATF has charged any individuals with possession of any illegal FRT machineguns, but that could soon change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeMonico put together an update on their legal battles concerning the ATF as well as with companies they believe have infringed on their patents where he clarifies the company’s privacy policy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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