Parents of girl with uzi did ignored instructor as he lay with mortal head wound

[Xithras]

33. To be entirely fair, the death was about 90% the dead guys fault.

This is one of those rare instances where "blaming the victim" is actually just fine.

He's the one with the federal license to own and operate the gun. He's the one who chose to make money off that gun by letting random strangers fire it. He was the ONLY one present with knowledge and experience around that particular firearm, who could have known how difficult the gun was to handle. He's the one who agreed to put it into the hands of a little nine year old girl. He's the one who told the girl and her parents that it could be done safely. He's the one who threw the switch to activate fully automatic firing. He's the one who chose to stand in the worst possible place alongside a person firing an UZI (and was the only one who should have known what a dangerous place that spot was). He's the one who told her to fire.

The parents are idiots for thinking that it would be a "fun idea" and signing off on it, but the dead guy largely earned his death through his own idiotic decisions. The only actual victim here is the little girl, who has to live with the decisions of these adults (and I use the term "adults" loosely) for the rest of her life.

He's not collateral damage. He's an idiot whose stupidity lead to his own death.