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A binary trigger didn’t kill a Fargo police officer, or wound two other officers and a civilian. Mohammad Barakat is responsible for the shooting, but the binary trigger made it
FARGO — North Dakota lawmakers made sure binary triggers were legal in the state four years before a gunman who likely planned a mass shooting in Fargo used the device
Lawmakers said they wanted to clarify that the device was legal. Attorney General Drew Wrigley said the binary trigger effectively turned Mohamad Barakat's long rifle in a machine gun.
No one testified in favor of the bill during the House Education Committee's hearing on the bill.
Bill aims “to address the loss of hunting opportunities that many North Dakota sportsmen and women lose by not being able to use bait.”