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If the magazine is empty, the follower and mag spring are what push (and hold) the slide stop up. You're fighting the magazine spring, which in a Para magazine is generally fairly stout. You shouldn't be allowing the slide to slam closed on an empty chamber anyway, so just stop doing that. Pop the magazine out partially (a quarter inch or so is plenty), release the slide stop and return the slide to battery by hand, gently. Then reseat the magazine.
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