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The Luger is a super well made pistol, but the design is a very early one in which some things were done that later designers decided were not too safe. The trigger/sear bar/ safety system is something that leaves a bit to be desired safety-wise.
Among them is the fact that the sear lever is exposed on the left side of the gun.
If the gun or safety is worn/defective, or the safety is inadvertently moved Off, the gun can fire simply by squeezing the side of the receiver, pressing the sear lever.
There was a famous case where a man was found shot dead in his kitchen with a partially disassembled Luger.
The investigation turned up that he'd been cleaning the gun and forgot to empty the chamber.
With the barrel unit off the frame, he apparently was preparing to run a rod down the barrel and squeezed the receiver, releasing the firing pin and firing a shot.
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