9 Year Old Girl Gun Downs Man with a Uzi

[Loogis]

9 year old girl accidently kills shooting range instructor.

 

[sonomagator]

Yeah, I saw that, Jesus Christ what are people thinking?

 

[NavetG8r]

Darwinism.

 

[Swamp Queen]

Who the eff thinks it's acceptable to teach a 9 year old to shoot a gun like that?

 

[alcoholica]

I'd like to know what gun experience she's had. Doubt she has anything significant, just a dumb situation

 

[bradgator2]

What a horrible story no matter how you look at it. I cant even imagine what that 9 year girl is going through. Damn.

 

[TallyGator]

That story has almost 14000 comments! I know that seems a little young to start gun training, but obviously there was no "practice" to see the effect of the recoil. A clip of blanks would likely have shown that this youngster could not safely control the gun. Too late now, but why wouldn't the instructor have a hand in holding the gun for this very reason?

 

[Captain Sasquatch]

Nine year old girl, Uzi, what could possibly go wrong?

 

[Gatordiddy]

Nine year old girl, Uzi, what could possibly go wrong?

And this: "full auto" ... so there's that.

 

[sonomagator]

My old man started me out shooting at 6 but it was with single shot .22's. Had to prove myself with safety, mastery of and ability to control the weapon before he'd allow me larger caliber's. And a fully auto is just not something kids that young are ready IMO.

 

[SaltGator]

My old man started me out shooting at 6 but it was with single shot .22's. Had to prove myself with safety, mastery of and ability to control the weapon before he'd allow me larger caliber's. And a fully auto is just not something kids that young are ready IMO.

Mine started me at 6 as well with a single shot antique Stevens .22. It was always about safety and the proper way to handle a firearm.

 

[Alvin York]

I think this one is on your NRA gun nuts that believe all citizens should have the right to own automatic weapons and dun-dum bullets.. What kind of moron parents and instructor wants to teach a little girl how to shoot a Uzi?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...-uzi/14655263/

 

[Swamp Queen]

My old man started me out shooting at 6 but it was with single shot .22's. Had to prove myself with safety, mastery of and ability to control the weapon before he'd allow me larger caliber's. And a fully auto is just not something kids that young are ready IMO.

Key difference here....you weren't given a fully automatic Uzi for Christ's sake! I'm sorry....but who needs to learn how to shoot an Uzi outside of the military?

 

[SaltGator]

My old man started me out shooting at 6 but it was with single shot .22's. Had to prove myself with safety, mastery of and ability to control the weapon before he'd allow me larger caliber's. And a fully auto is just not something kids that young are ready IMO.

Not condoning or agree with the Uzi/9 yr old thing at all, just replying to Sonoma as we had similar introductions to firearms.

 

[Swamp Queen]

My old man started me out shooting at 6 but it was with single shot .22's. Had to prove myself with safety, mastery of and ability to control the weapon before he'd allow me larger caliber's. And a fully auto is just not something kids that young are ready IMO.

Oh no...wasn't saying you were condoning it. You guys learned correctly. But I just think there is absolutely no reason anyone outside of military personnel that should be learning to fire an Uzi, especially a 9 year old child.

 

[SaltGator]

My old man started me out shooting at 6 but it was with single shot .22's. Had to prove myself with safety, mastery of and ability to control the weapon before he'd allow me larger caliber's. And a fully auto is just not something kids that young are ready IMO.

Absolutely agree.

 

[Alvin York]

I'm well armed and understand the importance of the Second Amendment. The Founding Fathers basically gave the future American citizens an insurance policy against the rise of a right wing military takeover like the Nazis or a left wing coup like the Bolsheviks. We, the People, support the Second Amendment but We, the People are not the NRA demanding ownership of extreme weapons and ammunition or teaching 9 year old girls how to weld and fire a ****ing Uzi.

 

[crosscreekcooter]

That story has almost 14000 comments! I know that seems a little young to start gun training, but obviously there was no "practice" to see the effect of the recoil. A clip of blanks would likely have shown that this youngster could not safely control the gun. Too late now, but why wouldn't the instructor have a hand in holding the gun for this very reason?

where was his head at? oh

 

[Phineus Maximus]

This falls solely on the gun range instructor who allowed an inexeperienced nine-year-old to fire an automatic weapon on her own with more than two or three bullets in the magazine while standing in the wrong position. He should have been assisting her with stabilizing the weapon until she felt comfortable and displayed proficiency in controlling the weapon when in automatic mode.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with letting a nine-year-old fire an UZI when the proper safety precautions are taken. The parents did nothing wrong, either. They trusted what was supposed to have been an experienced instructor (a professional) to assist their daughter in a controlled setting. Meanwhile, he made several rookie mistakes that cost him his life. However, all I am seeing from the gun control crowd is how a nine-year-old has no business firing an UZI and that the parents were idiots for allowing their daughter to shoot the weapon. It's sucks, but it could have been prevented if the instructor had not allowed it to happen by using the proper techniques.

 

[Swamp Queen]

This falls solely on the gun range instructor who allowed an inexeperienced nine-year-old to fire an automatic weapon on her own with more than two or three bullets in the magazine while standing in the wrong position. He should have been assisting her with stabilizing the weapon until she felt comfortable and displayed proficiency in controlling the weapon when in automatic mode.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with letting a nine-year-old fire an UZI when the proper safety precautions are taken. The parents did nothing wrong, either. They trusted what was supposed to have been an experienced instructor (a professional) to assist their daughter in a controlled setting. Meanwhile, he made several rookie mistakes that cost him his life. However, all I am seeing from the gun control crowd is how a nine-year-old has no business firing an UZI and that the parents were idiots for allowing their daughter to shoot the weapon. It's sucks, but it could have been prevented if the instructor had not allowed it to happen by using the proper techniques.

I'm far from saying citizens should not have guns, I guess I just don't see why a child needs to be shooting an Uzi at all, even at a firing range. That I'll never understand. Teach the kid to shoot a shot gun or hand gun...but a ****ing Uzi??? What's the point?