Tungsten is significantly heavier than steel. And not as strong. Something doesn’t seem to add up.
You are correct. Titanium pins.
That’d do it. Thanks. 
It’s been decades since I had a 1911-style pistol. But I was never too concerned about a muzzle-down drop. After all, where is the barrel pointed when it fires? It’s the muzzle sorta upward drops that shoot people. Whether the gun handler themselves or bystanders.
Accidental discharges are always a bad thing. But some are badder than others.
11-year-old boy shoots mother’s boyfriend with her gun.
Lots more complexity to that case than your curt summary indicates. Maybe the kid saved Mom’s life. We sure don’t know yet.
I’m of multiple minds, similar to @LSLGuy. The cite says that the domestic dispute “got physical”. That covers a wide range, none of it good mind you. But all my instincts scream at the simple issue of an 11-year old having unfettered access to a firearm. Unless the mother was at fear of her life, and left instructions to “save her” in these sort of circumstances (which is hellish in yet another way!), this is extremely foolish or careless.
No matter if it ends up as some sort of justified “defense of self or others” that’s a hell of a burden placed on an 11-year old that will be part of his life forever.
8 chidren, ages 1 to 14, dead in Lousiana, and I’ve barely seen a blip on it anywhere. I guess there weren’t enough killed? Or one years old isn’t young enough to bother any more?
Fuck this country sometimes, man.
I just saw it in the NYT.
It’s the leading story on Google News right now, with links to stories on NBC, Politico, CNN and a local TV station.
Also I got an email alert on it from The Boston Globe so I’d say it’s blowing up everywhere now.
Adult male with a gun in a domestic dispute.
Damn, again and again…
Really, it happened Sunday morning in a small media market, it was going to take a couple hours to spread.