Your sanctimony should answer your own question for you, Why picture a cocked pistol laying on its side? Perhsps the photographer wanted people to see what a cocked pistol looks like. Perhaps it is a 1911 used for home defense; I have several of them and yes, they are cocked and, horrors, loaded. Perhaps your wife, if you can get one, keeps her vibrator on the nightstand with the switch exposed. Why would she do that?
Aren't you the little smartass. It's not a cocked and locked 1911. Most of my pistols are striker fired or DAO. My HK USP Compact 40 would be decocked after I load it, so the hammer would be in the uncocked position. Whoever positioned this pistol isn't too keen on safety. I'm retired military and retired LE, so I take firearms safety seriously. I'm also married, so no need for the snide remarks.