Abstract: A pocket pistol having a sear (13) provided with a downwardly extending protrusion (18), one side of which is engageable by a lug (19) carried at the end of a trigger rod (10), and the other side of which is engageable by a first safety member (24), the latter movable into and out of position to prohibit or permit the movement of sear (13). The sear (13) also includes a lateral finger (16) engageable with either a smaller cut-out portion (28) or a larger cut-out portion (29) on a pivoted second safety member (27), the latter being continuously urged towards a cartridge magazine housing (2) for permitting or prohibiting movement of the sear (13) when a cartridge magazine is, respectively, present or absent from the magazine housing.