I would not want to be around someone that needs the lever.
Not everyone in society has what it takes to own a gun, no shame it that.
I worked with a guy that got his first gun, within one week he shot two fingers while he was playing with it at home. Pulled the trigger on an "Empty" gun while he had his weak hand holding the muzzle. Wife came home, took the gun away thankfully. He kept insisting the gun was unloaded even after he shot himself.