Loudoun County, VA – A routine traffic stop in Loudoun County quickly escalated when deputies discovered an illegal AR-style pistol equipped with a binary trigger, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities said the weapon — a 300 Blackout AR-style pistol — was capable of firing multiple rounds with a single trigger pull due to the modified trigger mechanism. “That’s not just dangerous, it’s illegal,” the Sheriff’s Office stated in a post shared Friday.
The driver was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and now faces additional pending charges for possessing what authorities described as an “automatic” weapon component…