A good example of why I always recommend double action revolvers to first time gun buyers.
After shooting most of my smaller handguns, my wife bought herself a Sig Mosquito. She liked how it felt in her hands and she considered it “cute.” She enjoys shooting it and is confident with it. She keeps it loaded on a shelf in the closet. I put a loaded revolver on the shelf next to it in hopes that is what she grabs if she needs to grab a gun.
Before the TBA I had a Beretta 96. It was really cool in that it could be kept fully loaded with one in the chamber and the safety off. It was just like a DA revolver in that configuration because the first shot required a strong DA pull on the trigger while the subsequent shots were fred sit a much lighter pull.
Revolvers are more reliable, but no more inherently safe. The same action that fires an unsafed double-action semi-auto also fires a double-action revolver.
I went from carrying a semi-auto to a DA revolver when I was flipping houses in the 'hood. The gun was getting so dirty on a daily basis that I worried about my semi-auto functioning correctly.