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Its release caused a sensation: The gun was pictured on the front page of the New York Post, with fears it could be smuggled past metal detectors onto planes (in fact, a metal detector would spot the gun’s metal firing pin and any ammunition).
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Rajan Basra, WIRED, 5 July 2024
The grenade failed to detonate, as a red handkerchief wrapped around it stopped the firing pin from deploying quickly enough.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2024
The handgun was missing the magazine and the back plate and the firing pin.
—L. M. Boyd, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2024
According to investigators, the firing pin struck the primer, but the weapon failed to discharge.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 8 May 2024
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Rajan Basra, WIRED, 5 July 2024
The grenade failed to detonate, as a red handkerchief wrapped around it stopped the firing pin from deploying quickly enough.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2024
The handgun was missing the magazine and the back plate and the firing pin.
—L. M. Boyd, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2024
According to investigators, the firing pin struck the primer, but the weapon failed to discharge.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 8 May 2024
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“Firing pin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/firing%20pin. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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