• FireTower@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    In that scenario the button is the trigger. Trigger is being used not to describe a curved piece of metal you put your finger on but the input device. The oral arguments had a lot around that issue.

    See the reply below

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        7 months ago

        You’re correct went back and reread it:

        On weapons with these standard trigger mechanisms, the phrase “function of the trigger” means the physical trigger movement required to shoot the firearm. Pg. 7

        Although it sounds like there maybe be edge cases where specially designed firearms are treated differently if they lack a traditional mechanism.

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      7 months ago

      Extending the traditional trigger’s function by adding more and more complex Rube Goldbergian designs just moves where and how the trigger starts.