This one was bought more out of a feeling of nostalgia, and it sat amongst a batch of other guns from an estate sale dump at a local gun shop. Jennings Firearms was part of California’s so-called Ring of Fire — a derisive term used to refer to a handful of companies in Southern California that manufactured cheap handguns with a low melting point. The slide can be moved rearward with the safety engaged, and the gun has been known to fire when trying to clear the chamber with the safety on.