“Safety features are mechanical, so they can, will, and do malfunction.”
This wasn’t a malfunction or mechanical failure. It was a bad, irresponsible design/production choice by Springfield. It was a missing safety feature.
Nothing is perfect, metal can break, but if you are going to drop a gun, you are probably somewhere between a 1,000x and 1,000,000x better off if the gun actually has a firing pin block.
I understand. My dad used to have a 5 shot revolver and he always left the hammer down on an empty chamber.
I asked him why. He said if he drops it, there is zero chance of a round going off.
I don’t know how old the gun is, my brother now has it, or used to..but it’s old..with zero, none, notta, zilch safety features.