I had an Ithaca Flues with this "Problem" once. I rather liked it that way so never bothered to Fix it. I just developed the habit of always pushing the lever all the way over to latch. Upon preparing to stow it away though I could carefully push the lever over just enough to open the gun & allow to return to center, push off the safety, pull the triggers then close just enough for the hammers to clear the sears & then push lever back over & close the gun, simultaneously letting down the hammers. It was a field gun & my personal preference on these is to leave the auto-safeties original & functional.
