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Hestia

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9. Anyone remember this story from 2014? AZ Girl Accidentally Kills Instructor At Firing Range
Sat Aug 17, 2019, 10:46 AM
Aug 2019
https://www.cnn.com/2014/08/26/us/arizona-girl-fatal-shooting-accident/index.html

Child firing Uzi at Ariz. shooting range accidentally kills instructor, police say

A shooting instructor is dead, the victim of a gun-range accident. A 9-year-old girl is surely traumatized. And plenty of people, including many gun enthusiasts, are asking: Why give a child a submachine gun to shoot?

The deadly incident occurred Monday morning at a gun range in Arizona that caters to Las Vegas tourists, many of whom drive an hour from the gambling center to fire high-powered weapons.

Charles Vacca was accidentally shot in the head as he instructed the 9-year-old girl how to fire an Uzi, an Israeli-made 9mm submachine gun. As she pulled the trigger, the gun jumped out of her left hand toward Vacca, who was standing beside her.


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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/08/26/two-years-after-9-year-olds-fatal-uzi-shooting-instructors-family-files-wrongful-death-suit/

The family of a shooting instructor who was accidentally killed by a 9-year-old with an Uzi has filed suit, claiming it was unsafe to give the firearm to the girl.

“The Uzi was not a safe or appropriate weapon to entrust to a 9-year-old girl like the Child Shooter, which caused her to lose control of the weapon when firing,” states the wrongful-death lawsuit filed earlier this month in Mohave County Superior Court.

The lawsuit was filed against the Arizona gun range where the shooting occurred and businesses involved in its operation, attorney Marc Lamber told The Washington Post. It does not name the child who pulled the trigger or her family.
Also, yes: it is an assault rifle. sharedvalues Aug 2019 #1
Great idea to ban ALL SEMIAUTOMATICS. democratisphere Aug 2019 #2
problematic stopdiggin Aug 2019 #11
I read Canada's definition. Ruger 10/22s are classified "unrestricted" hack89 Aug 2019 #14
Shame on you for... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2019 #18
translation: you won't argue because you don't want your mind changed krispos42 Aug 2019 #24
It is a toy. oneshooter Aug 2019 #35
The quote is from a real NRA lobbyist sharedvalues Aug 2019 #40
So it's ok to teach 10 year olds to love weapons of war? sharedvalues Aug 2019 #41
So it's ok to teach 10 year olds to love weapons of war? sharedvalues Aug 2019 #44
The young girl doesn't look all that interested in daddy's new "toy" democratisphere Aug 2019 #3
Dad should explain his thinking bucolic_frolic Aug 2019 #4
She cannot hold the gun up. He is holding up the barrel. 33taw Aug 2019 #5
That is not a real gun. Look at the tip. Nt hack89 Aug 2019 #15
I know. Thx 33taw Aug 2019 #17
This is child abuse. llmart Aug 2019 #6
It is not a real gun. Nt hack89 Aug 2019 #16
Teaching a child that domestic terrorism is ok. sharedvalues Aug 2019 #42
re: "...young child being taught that tools of killing are OK" discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2019 #7
NRA members have claimed young white girls need to defend themselves from Syrian refugees IronLionZion Aug 2019 #8
Anyone remember this story from 2014? AZ Girl Accidentally Kills Instructor At Firing Range Hestia Aug 2019 #9
What that father did was incredibly stupid. krispos42 Aug 2019 #28
Well done. Teaching respect for the weapon as a weapon and not a toy. AJT Aug 2019 #29
Thank you krispos42 Aug 2019 #30
Maybe those are some folks that don't like their kids or girlfriends very much discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2019 #31
Being a respectable adult is the best lesson a child can have. AJT Aug 2019 #32
How do you tell a grown man he is braindead? world wide wally Aug 2019 #10
When they can't figure out the gun is a toy? n/t MichMan Aug 2019 #19
Teaching a 10 year old to love a weapon of war is ok? sharedvalues Aug 2019 #43
Lots of us had toy guns as kids; some never wanted to own a real one as an adult .... MichMan Aug 2019 #45
The "responsible" gun owners today subsidize terrorism sharedvalues Aug 2019 #47
Feh. A self-important, self-righteous 'evangelist' lecturing others on how they should live friendly_iconoclast Aug 2019 #48
How about we take the child away from the parents for reckless endangerment? Wounded Bear Aug 2019 #12
For giving his daughter a toy gun? MichMan Aug 2019 #13
I didn't see where it said it was a toy... Wounded Bear Aug 2019 #20
The OP's point was just torpedoed by a defective story... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2019 #22
Based on the picture it couldn't have been more obvious MichMan Aug 2019 #23
Ruger does make a rifle called the 10/22 krispos42 Aug 2019 #27
The quote is from a NRA lobbyist in Florida about kids sharedvalues Aug 2019 #33
Except a Ruger 10/22 is not an assault weapon hack89 Aug 2019 #34
So.... why haven't you fixed your OP? krispos42 Aug 2019 #37
Here's a movie with more details on the NRA lobbyist sharedvalues Aug 2019 #49
IMHO, this is just another case of defective journalism discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2019 #21
I would think the OPer would self delete the OP out of embarrassment krispos42 Aug 2019 #25
Wish on. They NEVER self delete. n/t oneshooter Aug 2019 #36
Or edit, or correct. n/t krispos42 Aug 2019 #38
Well I wish it would rain Scotch and I figure... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2019 #46
What color are your eyes? krispos42 Aug 2019 #26
Helpful flowchart for California's AW laws krispos42 Aug 2019 #39
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