I am not sure what the point of your post was Bluejax01; when you say:

"Using the trigger to break down a gun violates one of the cardinal rules of gun safety."

First I was not advocating using the trigger. I was explaining why some people are having trouble using the sear activation lever.

Secondly, I find it hard to understand your position that using the trigger would break a "cardinal rule", when this is the only method available on a lot of guns.

I did just realize the original poster was referring to the Shield model. Mine is the M&P model. They may not have the same problem.