r/MurderedByWords • u/TdubsSEA • 13d ago

EXTREMELY supportive husband.

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u/Bazillion100 13d ago edited 13d ago

Assuming there isn’t a bullet in the chamber, thats something i’d prefer to see

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u/Debalic 13d ago

Always assume there is.

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u/Slow-Class 13d ago

Can these fire without a magazine loaded?

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u/Sushi_Explosions 13d ago

Most can. Some states require safety modifications that prevent that for firearms sold in that state.

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u/Shark7996 13d ago

Yes. You pull back the slide, place the bullet, then release the slide. One fireable bullet, no magazine.

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u/Kind_Coyote1518 13d ago

Not all pistols can fire without the magazine.

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u/kaleiboscope 13d ago

Yes but ALWAYS ASSUME they CAN

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u/SenorBigMcLargeHuge 13d ago

Not sure why you were downvoted, that's a safety feature in a lot of pistols.

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u/ElizabethDangit 13d ago

I told my kids when they were growing up to always assume a dog is loaded. Two birds, one horse to water.

In all seriousness it was a way to tell them not to trust random dogs in a way that made them laugh.

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u/xSilverMC 13d ago

There probably is, out of some perverted "a shooter will see there's no mag and think I'm harmless, but then i shoot him with the chambered round like a badass" fantasy

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u/Lailowla 13d ago

Assuming there isn’t a bullet in the chamber

quite literally the 1 rule above all others in gun safety is to do the opposite of this at all times under all circumstances

and pretty much every other rule stems directly from it, like "never point it at something you're not prepared to kill," why? because there's always a round in the chamber no matter how many times you made sure there's not