Jackson Jambalaya

Whoa.

Jackson residents steal guns everyday. They just happened to have stolen a unique one this time.

Pretty sure that's not an M4 rifle. If it was, there would be federal firearms charges. He's a convicted felon, no FFL for you.

I'd have figured Fordice to be a 1911 guy.

JPD needs to learn how to write and use MS Word - their press releases look like shit.

Is it my imagination, or is the barrel of pistol bent?

Is it my imagination or is the barrel of the pistol bent?

Semi auto pistols have a loose, free floating barrel inside the slide. When opened, they tend to float up

You obviously don't own a firearm, 6:33.

Everything else aside, I'm sure the family of the Governor will be happy to have this firearm returned to them.

"JPD needs to learn how to write and use MS Word - their press releases look like shit."

Face it, it you can't (or refuse to) speak correctly, you won't write properly. Our city leaders are no better. Being able to use big words from a thesaurus does not make you sound intelligent. City Hiring Authorities don't even pay attention to language skills. As long as they live in or agree to move to Jackson, all is well with the world. Nobody really cares though, as it just proves what everyone already knows.

Gov. Fordice asked me to meet with him in his office one time to discuss a matter of mutual interest. I was about 40 years old then and owned a small construction business. He was EXACTLY the same guy you saw on TV. As our conversation unfolded several things I said reminded him of an old story he wanted to share. I soon realized that the few minutes time allotted to our meeting was being eaten up by his interrupting me with yet another war story. Finally, I started interrupting him back. This did not bother him in the least. At one point I realized that I was about two feet from him with both my elbows on his desk and we were having a grand time. He invited me to some political convention and urged me to get more involved in politics. I had seen what a small contractor turned politician looked like on the news each night and decided that I was not cut out for politics. But I have fond memories of our meeting.

Easy answer: it's not bent that's how it's designed

The TL:DR read version is that most semi automatic pistols these days use a locking mechanism similar to the delayed recoil mechanism John Browing designed. So when the gun recoils the slide comes back and the barrel tilts via a cam to allow loading of the next round. Thus appearing like the barrel is bent upwards.

8:44pm is mostly correct.

Just for accuracy's sake, the barrel "tilting" really has little to do with loading the next round. The tilting doesn't hinder re-loading or anything either. The feed ramp handles the loading of the next round. But the tilt of the barrel is entirely due to unlocking from the slide. Now, in design, the feed ramp has to work with the unlocking style and align the barrel to feed reliably.

In a Glock, the short recoil design is based on the locking lug on the barrel. The rear of the barrel drops to allow for the slide to continue to travel rearward. The slide and barrel are "locked" together when in battery and both slide backwards slightly together, that's when the rear of the barrel drops and allows the slide to continue the ejection / reloading.