Friends don't let friends shoot a Taurus.
The "k" is silent.
Clearly the gun is broken. I'm not familiar with that flavor Taurus, but my guess is a spring is missing, or broken. Or something else is missing.
Unless it has a round Spinny thing I wouldn't touch a taurus. The only Taurus semi-auto I have owned was a 24/7 I bought new and every time I fired it the slide stuck completely to the rear past the stop lever, tap it and it went forward and would fire again. I know of another that fired multiple shots with each trigger pull new out of the box.
All the Taurus pistols I've shot were garbage. Would never own one.
Wow, scary.
Reminds me of the shake weight.
I've had a few Taurus revolvers and while not as good, they compare favorably with my Smith & Wesson's. I had an opportunity to pick up a Taurus 1911 in a trade, it was so loose it rattled, it caused me to pass on the whole deal. I don't know why they struggle with auto loaders so much.
Life's hard when you're stupid
When the government came to take our guns, they knocked on the door. After our guns were gone, they never bothered knocking again - Holocaust Survivor
For those defending their revolvers, be warned. I had a very horrible, unsafe experience with one of their revolvers. After three returns to be repaired under their lifetime warranty I finally traded the thing off. I haven't owned one of their products since and sleep very well at night.