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Gun Control & RKBA

shadowrider

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4. I have a Springfield XD

Reply to DonP (Reply #3)

Wed Feb 17, 2016, 01:43 PM

Feb 2016

You have to pull the trigger to get the slide off. I too drop the magazine and rack the slide a good 4, 5, 6 times then visually inspect once I've locked it back.

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This has what to do with the SoP of this Group? DonP Feb 2016 #1

DonP, seriously, explain something to me shadowrider Feb 2016 #2

It's usually a lie DonP Feb 2016 #3

I have a Springfield XD shadowrider Feb 2016 #4

'Safe' and perhaps less embarassing excuse beardown Feb 2016 #11

Because idiots like this skip your whole first paragraph. Waldorf Feb 2016 #5

Gun safety 101 n/t shadowrider Feb 2016 #6

"How... do people fire a gun while it is being cleaned?" 2 reasons: Eleanors38 Feb 2016 #7

Eugene, are you filling in? Eleanors38 Feb 2016 #8

-- Snort -- n/t shadowrider Feb 2016 #9

Impossible. Gun control laws forbid felons from owning guns. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #10

If only uncle sam would go door to door and take them all away... ileus Feb 2016 #12

They do that in certain places... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #13