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Forced reset triggers are strictly illegal to possess, manufacture, transport, or sell in New York.

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Multiple sources state that New York bans forced reset triggers as rapid-fire modification devices, with possession a class A misdemeanor, and none contradicts this. The sources do not separately address manufacture, transport, or sale, and the post's wording matches the extracted claim, so the verdict is true at moderate confidence.

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… You guys have a weird lot. Like, even you have the weirdest rules because police officers have a different set. It actually makes getting firearms hard for you guys, Rich. No. Well, for you, because you're like Oh, no, we can't sit totally straight up. Forced reset triggers are strictly illegal to possess, manufacture, transport, or sell in New York. Oh, shit. Jeez. No, what what did you see? Boats? Votes? We have so we have the Great Lakes. It was the Great Lakes of America. I'm i'm not buying Oh, hold on. Whoa, whoa, whoa. It's a fucking Class A misdemeanor. Oh, that's not even a real crime. …
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What we found

Supports. A state-law summary cites N.Y. Penal Law § 265.00(26) and § 265.01-c and lists New York as banning forced reset triggers as rapid-fire modification devices, with criminal possession a class A misdemeanor.[3]

Supports. Giffords says New York bans knowing possession of rapid-fire modification devices, including any device designed to accelerate the rate of fire of a semi-automatic weapon, and that violation is a class A misdemeanor.[4]

Supports. A firearms retailer's shipping policy lists New York among roughly sixteen states that independently ban forced reset triggers, and it refuses to ship to them.[5]

Context. The New York bill text defines a forced reset trigger as a device that lets a semi-automatic weapon fire more than one shot per continuous trigger pull, and the bill would add auto-sears and FRTs to the state's rapid-fire modification device definition.[1][2]

Context. The federal May 2025 settlement does not override state law, and sources note that New York still prohibits FRTs separately from federal law.[6][7]

Sources

7 sources: 2 primary, 5 not rated

  1. 1STATE OF NEW YORKlegislation.nysenate.gov · primary source · cited for: context
  2. 2NY State Senate Bill 2023-S7365nysenate.gov · primary source · cited for: context
  3. 3FRT Trigger Laws 2026: Legal in 35 States, Restricted in 16rifleconfigurator.com · not rated · cited for: supports
  4. 4Bump Stocks & Trigger Activatorsgiffords.org · not rated · cited for: supports
  5. 5Shipping Restrictionstisasarmsusa.com · not rated · cited for: supports
  6. 6Federal Gun Regulation in 2026 - WRW Lawwrw.law · not rated · cited for: context
  7. 7Partisan Triggers for Sale — Disruptor FRT for AR-15impactguns.com · not rated · cited for: context

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