I do actually think that with modern C++ it's possible to get to a style of programming where memory unsafety is mostly a theoretical concern but not with C.
For me, memory safety is also mostly a theoretical concern in C. This is achieved by having proper abstractions instead of low-level pointer fiddling and by having a clear strategy for managing lifetimes.
If you wanna claim this is a skill issue and you are built different etc, fine. I guess we can just say C is fundamentally unsafe for _everyone except you_.
(This is like when people wanna argue about if self driving cars are safe or not and they're blathering on about technical capabilities and limitations. No. We have the data).