I have to agree with most of the posters to this thread who find the safety unimportant. As said, it is first and foremost a target/plinking pistol and as such, the safety is not much of a concern. But I can see your point as well - I'm married to a lefty and after 43 years of marriage, I'm teaching her to shoot.

But here's a very real thought. As you have no doubt discovered, left-handed folks are going to pick up a lot of guns in their lifetimes with right-handed engineering. Since an ambidextrous safety is a combative handgun feature, those people you are training might some day have to defend themselves with a handgun without an ambidextrous safety. It's best that they know how to handle such a challenge.

On a carry gun, I want an ambidextrous safety in case I have to use it left-handed for whatever reason. Because of that, the gun I bought to carry if I think it necessary is a Smith & Wesson E-Series 1911Sc which, as you may know, comes with an ambidextrous safety.

Ed