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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Bruce Shipkowski

States sue US government over deal ending ban on triggers that make some rifles fire more rapidly

Justice Department Guns - (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Sixteen states have sued the Trump administration over its plan to allow the sale of forced-reset triggers that make semiautomatic rifles fire more rapidly and return devices already seized to their owners.

The suit announced Monday argues that returning the triggers would violate federal law, pose a threat to residents and law enforcement and worsen gun violence. It was filed in federal court in Maryland.

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