You may have a Remington/Marlin. Some were fine, quite a few had a lot of problems. I owned one Rossi, it never gave me any problems, a Model 92 in .45 Colt.
Marlins do loosen screws up a bit, a good fitting screw driver is handy. Or put a drop of blue loctite on the screw. I just check them...
Could you pull the trigger group? That might give him a better chance of getting at the mag release. I have one of the earlier models, so the stuck magazine fix is guess work on my part.
I would like to see Mike Pompeo run. Very intelligent and none of Trump's baggage. But in actual fact, if it comes down to voting for Trump or giving Biden another term, I will vote for Trump.
Anything food scraps except for meat goes in the "farm", coffee grounds are good, sugary stuff doesn't get in there either. The "Product" gets any of there plants growing in good order. Cheap fertilizer.