The Jet Li Maneuver: Beretta Disassembly at Gunpoint
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In Lethal Weapon IV, Jet Li's character is caught at gunpoint by Mel Gibson's character...until he turns the tables by stripping the slide right off Gibson's Beretta 92FS. I wonder how feasible that really is? Also, I wonder if perhaps Jet Li's character was not the first to do it...?
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