First off, congrats to you, M5Rahul on your new pistol.
Completely unrelated to the OP, but I believe most any
experienced trainer is going to validate misterX's assertions in this thread. We might not like it, but the "danger" is what it is. I believe even S&W, in the back of the manual, agrees with him also. Plus, it states that you shouldn't even chamber a round with your hand over the ports. Kinda tricky on a pistol as small as the Shield.
We're all free(so far) to buy what we want, but we don't need to ignore
potential dangers associated with that choice. Ported pistols make dandy range and "fun" guns though.
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