chartreuse wrote:Well, I was kind of kidding, as I don't think there's much chance of it ever coming to court, but the trigger thing was the point of the joke. The law mentions a single actuation of the trigger, but says nothing about hammers or slides. And, as you say, by working them you're able to fire multiple rounds with only a single pull of the trigger...
Remember, we're dealing with ATF-speak, and in their view the "trigger" is not always the thing inside the trigger guard. It's whatever you do to make it go "bang".
So, when closing the slide on a pump .22, or fanning a Peacemaker, the slide or the hammer becomes the actual trigger.
Don't look for it to make consistent sense, it's the government.