Officials: 9-Year-Old Girl Who Killed Instructor Said Uzi Was Too Powerful.

[RiffRandell]

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The 9-year-old girl who accidentally shot and killed her instructor at an Arizona gun range said the gun was too powerful for her after firing it, according to reports released by police on Tuesday and reviewed by the Associated Press.

The AP reported that the girl complained of shoulder pain after the incident and her family was so focused on her being injured from the gun's recoil that they didn't notice her instructor had been shot. A coworker rushed over to the shooting instructor, Charles Vacca, before the girl's family realized what had occurred.

The Aug. 25 incident occurred after the 9-year-old fired off single rounds and then Vacca switched the gun to automatic. The gun recoiled and fired upward, striking Vacca in the head and causing the girl to drop the weapon as Vacca himself fell to the ground.

County prosecutors said the instructor was likely the most criminally negligent person because he allowed the girl to hold the gun without enough training, according to the AP. Prosecutors also said the parents and the girl weren't criminally responsible.

Link: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/arizona-girl-uzi-too-powerful

[onecaliberal]

1. I'm sorry but if the parents had

Two brain cells to rub together they would never ever have considered taking her to a gun range let alone allow her to fire an Uzi.

[RiffRandell]

3. I agree with you 100%.

Our daughter is 8 1/2, and I look at her small figure and shake my head thinking about this horrid story.

[NYC_SKP]

2. Their parents are also responsible, to a lesser degree and not criminally.

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I am afraid that they're ignorant enough to be there next year with the family.

Sad for the girl who, with different parents, might have been working on a great science project of writing a poem or song.

[Protalker]

5. Another NRA event

A parent who puts an Uzi in 9 year old hands is teaching how to overkill. She succeeded.

[loyalsister]

6. The loss of life is bad enough

I can't imagine how difficult it will be fore the youngsters involved in these shootings to have to live with knowing they killed someone - sometimes even a sibling.