A man from Washington, D.C., is facing machine gun charges after visiting a Northern Virginia gun range with a 3D printed forced reset trigger

>On Sept 22, 2025, Erez Avissar of Washington, D.C., rented a rifle from Silver Eagle Group (SEG) in Ashburn, VA. He took the gun into a shooting bay and proceeded to disassemble it. A SEG range safety officer (RSO) approached him and inquired about what he was doing. The man responded that he was testing out an FRT that didn’t work in his rifle. The RSO asked him where he got the FRT from, and the man told him that he 3D printed it. FRTs violate SEG’s policy, and he is also not allowed to modify rental guns. The RSO canceled his rental, and he was “sent on his way.” He was a member for six months at the time of the incident.
>Four days later, someone made an anonymous text tip to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) reporting that Avissar had an FRT.
>The case was assigned to MPD Investigator Keleman, who stated that an,

"FRT can convert a semi-automatic firearm to a fully automatic firearm."

>On October 1, Investigator Keleman applied for and received a search warrant
>“knock-and-announce” raid on the studio apartment of Avissar, where he lived alone. The suspect did not answer the door, so MPD forced entry into the dwelling and detained Avissar without incident.
>PD found several FRTs in plain sight next to the suspect’s bed. Due to the FRTs, Sgt. Possinger requested an addendum search warrant to seize all electronic devices. The addendum was approved on the same day by Judge Todd Edelman. Police recovered multiple firearms, a 3D printer, filament, five SD cards, four USB drives, two laptops, three electronic storage banks, and one cell phone.

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