I was responding to the poster who said to use the trigger.

And most guns do not require that the trigger be pulled to remove the slide. Only a notable few. And I didn't write the rules, I'm simply passing on that which millions of us have learned over half a century.

I did notice that you have posted 5 times on the forum and 4 were resurrecting old threads to repeat your original post verbatim 4 times. If you think it a design flaw, you will get a more comprehensive answer by writing to S&W once.