FARGO (KFGO) – While North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley has called binary triggers senseless pieces of equipment which serve no purpose, the sponsor of a bill in the North Dakota legislature is defending his bill for their use.
The man who killed Fargo Police Officer Jake Wallin used a modified rifle outfitted with a binary trigger.
Republican Representative Matt Ruby of Minot said his 2019 bill that was signed by Governor Burgum was designed to clarify state law.
“There was a couple of constituents that had reached out about one manufacturer that had North Dakota as an area that they wouldn’t send because our language was a little what they felt gray area with that definition, they said some might feel that binary trigger would get it to that definition of machine gun, so they were, they said instead of risking it, they were just not going to do it,” Ruby said.
“And so what the bill did is explain that it does not in fact meet the criteria for machine gun and it really doesn’t,” Ruby continued on KFGO Afternoons Live with Tyler Axness.
Ruby said rapid-fire binary triggers are also legal under federal law. He called them a shooting range “toy” or accessory.
He stands by the law saying while they are not designed for hunting or home protection, people should should be able to have them.
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