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stopdiggin

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5. clearly can

Reply to Deuxcents (Reply #3)

Sun Dec 12, 2021, 12:14 PM

Dec 2021

but there would have to be a chambered round, hammer back, safety off (if the gun has one) - then it's simply a matter of pulling a trigger. Could a toddler chamber a round unassisted? Perhaps - if he/she had seen the action performed several times by an adult.

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