With four children around, if this woman’s handgun had no safety feature SHE IS AN IDIOT, NOW A DEAD IDIOT.
I love 1911’s. Their design is a proven one and safe to carry cocked and locked. One needs to do a sequence of 4 things, two of them concurrently, to get the gun to fire.
1) Clear the holster
2) Drop the thumb safety
3) Push on the grip safety
while at the same time
4) Pulling the trigger
One of the safest designs ever invented.