Keep the operating arm and hand clear of the business end. The tapered front of the slide on the Beretta 92 and 96 seems to invite the support hand to pinch it to push back the slide. Politely decline the invitation. This places the hand too close to the muzzle of what might be a loaded gun.
Like that silly old “press-check” (pinch-check) that so many old-school M1911 buffs advocated?
