Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 166 § 166.352 — Unlawful transport, manufacture, transfer or possession of rapid fire

Unlawful transport, manufacture, transfer or possession of rapid fire activator. (1) A person commits the crime of unlawful transport, manufacture or transfer of a rapid fire activator if the person knowingly: (a) Transports a rapid fire activator into this state; or (b) Manufactures, sells, offers to sell or transfers a rapid fire activator. (2) A person commits the crime of unlawful possession of a rapid fire activator if the person knowingly possesses, purchases or receives a rapid fire activator. (3)(a) Unlawful transport, manufacture or transfer of a rapid fire activator is a Class B felony. (b) Unlawful possession of a rapid fire activator is a Class A misdemeanor. (4) This section does not apply to: (a) A peace officer, or other person employed by a law enforcement agency, who possesses a rapid fire activator in accordance with authorization given to the peace officer or other person by the law enforcement agency. (b) A person who has registered a machine gun in accordance with federal law and the rapid fire activator is possessed for use only in, and is necessary for the proper function of, the lawfully registered machine gun. (5) As used in this section: (a) “Binary trigger system” means a device that, when built into, installed in or attached to a firearm, allows the firearm to fire both when the trigger is pulled or depressed and when the trigger is released. (b) “Bump stock” means a device that, when built into, installed in or attached to a firearm, increases the rate of fire of the firearm by using energy from the recoil of the firearm to generate a reciprocating action that facilitates repeated activation of the trigger. (c) “Burst trigger system” means a device that, when built into, installed in or attached to a firearm, allows the firearm to discharge two or more rounds with a single pull or depression of the trigger by altering the trigger reset. (d) “Firearm” has the meaning given that term in ORS 166.210. (e) “Forced reset trigger” means a device that, when built into, installed in or attached to a firearm, mechanically forces the trigger to reset into a firing position after each round is fired. (f) “Hellfire trigger” means a device that, when built into, installed in or attached to a firearm, disengages the trigger return spring when the trigger is pulled or depressed. (g) “Machine gun” has the meaning given that term in ORS 166.210. (h) “Peace officer” has the meaning given that term in ORS 133.005. (i)(A) “Rapid fire activator” means any device, including a removable manual or power-driven device, part or combination of parts, constructed so that, when built into, installed on or attached to a firearm: (i) The rate at which the trigger is activated increases to a faster rate than is possible for the firearm without the device; or (ii) The rate of fire increases to a faster rate than is possible for a person to fire the firearm without the device. (B) “Rapid fire activator” includes, but is not limited to, a bump stock, forced reset trigger, trigger crank, hellfire trigger, binary trigger system, burst trigger system, switch, auto sear or a copy or similar device, regardless of the producer or manufacturer. (j) “Switch” or “auto sear” means a device that, when built into, installed in or attached to a firearm, applies force to a firearm’s trigger bar to prevent the bar from limiting the weapon to firing only one round each time the trigger is pulled or depressed. (k) “Trigger crank” means a device that, when built into, installed in or attached to a firearm, repeatedly activates the trigger of the firearm through the use of a crank, level or any other part that is turned in a circular motion. [2025 c.594 §2] Note: Section 1, chapter 594, Oregon Laws 2025, provides: Sec. 1. Section 2 of this 2025 Act [166.352] and the amendments to ORS 166.262, 166.370 and 166.377 by sections 3 to 5 of this 2025 Act shall be known and may be cited as the “Community Safety Firearms Act.” [2025 c.594 §1]