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"I raised a son who was taught not to touch my Condition III 1911A1 which was always hanging on my bed post 24/7 in a
fastened holster about 14" off of the floor. He was told life would be worse than death if he did. He listened because he knew I
was consistent and true to my word with him."

LOL! The same with my son, only my Colt Series 70 sat in the nightstand. Now it's his, I have a new Kimber Custom Classic
with a Springfield Ultra Compact on the way. The kid is now 22, a NRA cert. inst. and the asst. mgr of a gun store.

When you get your SA Ultra-Compact and while you're still at the gunshop, Have the shop owner take the slide off and look carefully at the bottom of the slide where the middle rail is.
The makers had the inspectors stamp the heck out of the bottom of the slide with a bunch of nonsense. The stampings were so deep on mine that they were catching the rims of the top cartidge in the magazine. I had to send it back to have the gunsmiths to smooth the area out again. Hopefully on later models they educated themselves.
I love my Ultra-Compact with the V-10 ports but it was a minor hassle.