Good question.
Read the story, and it will tell you.
But Righties want to prove Obama can't tell them what to do so they bring their kids to ranges to shoot automatic weapons!!! Of course it has nothing to do with Obama but Righties are so hate and fear driven they see it as something they must do: have their kids shoot automatic!!! The fault is totally on the shoulders of fear and hate driven Righties!There is nothing wrong with teaching a child to shoot a gun. But it seems like automatic guns like this uzi should wait until the child is past ( maybe well past) the age of 8 or 9.
Common sense should dictate that.
I am not a gun person.No one has brought up the fact this instructor is NRA expert and expertly trained in NRA methods... So safe, eh???!!
Not!
Just goes to show you the fallacy of NRA safety!I am not a gun person.
I have never shot more than a water gun or nerf gun.
But you'd think an NRA expert would know how to stay alive.
There are idiots in every group.Just goes to show you the fallacy of NRA safety!
It's bullshit!
10 rounds a second! 10 recoils a second!!! An idiot would give a kid that! An NRA idiot! This range is marketed as a place to shoot automatic weapons! That is their primary purpose! Defy Obama and Democrats and shoot machine guns! This is your chance!
Idiot NRA Right Wing Tards!
Several of the adult leaders in my BSA troop are NRA certified range masters (that's how we get to have a weekend outing each year for shooting, with a scout owned rifle range to ourselves). They pretty much echoed my comments above.I am not a gun person.
I have never shot more than a water gun or nerf gun.
But you'd think an NRA expert would know how to stay alive.
That gun range markets itself as the place to come shoot automatic weapons! 10 rounds a second!There are idiots in every group.
Let's start with whoever's idea it was to put that kind of gun into the hands of a child.
Your post here explains it well, Marcus. Thanks.I am sorry the instructor is dead. I feel for all who knew him.
I feel for the 9 year old girl who will have to live with this the rest of her life.
Now, who do I blame?
The parents, AND the instructor themselves. A 9 year old child is simple not physically strong enough to handle an Uzi on full auto. Single shots are easy. The recoil on full auto pushes the front end of the weapon up and left, exactly where the instructors head was. The parents should have known better, and so should the unfortunately deceased instructor.
Also, as this has happened before, it was completely avoidable. An 8 yrear old boy shot himself in the head with an Uzi on full auto at a gun show, also under adult supervision.
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/27399337/ns/us_news-life/t/boy-accidentally-kills-self-gun-show/
I firmly believe children, when old enough, should be well versed in how to properly and safely use weapons, and how to properly and safely care for them. Sadly, both the parents and the instructor failed this young girl, and themselves.
I have and I watched the video, above, the two seem to contradicted each other.Read the story, and it will tell you.
I have posted the video -above - and I asked the question - How could the story work as it is told - Have you watched the video?
I'd treat guns like cars, when it comes to kids. Under age 15 or so, kids can be taught the basics with BB guns or paintball guns, the way they would drive go-carts or play with toy cars. Then, once older, they could start with real guns, but with restrictions, similar to with cars. You don't let a 15-year-old start training with an 18-wheeler and shouldn't let him train with a fully automatic weapon. Only once acquiring experience and some period of safe history, with less demanding firearms, should a person be introduced to automatics.I am sorry the instructor is dead. I feel for all who knew him.
I feel for the 9 year old girl who will have to live with this the rest of her life.
Now, who do I blame?
The parents, AND the instructor themselves. A 9 year old child is simple not physically strong enough to handle an Uzi on full auto. Single shots are easy. The recoil on full auto pushes the front end of the weapon up and left, exactly where the instructors head was. The parents should have known better, and so should the unfortunately deceased instructor.
Also, as this has happened before, it was completely avoidable. An 8 yrear old boy shot himself in the head with an Uzi on full auto at a gun show, also under adult supervision.
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/27399337/ns/us_news-life/t/boy-accidentally-kills-self-gun-show/
I firmly believe children, when old enough, should be well versed in how to properly and safely use weapons, and how to properly and safely care for them. Sadly, both the parents and the instructor failed this young girl, and themselves.
Doesn't seem hard to picture for me. I've fired automatics a couple time, and the force with which they "pull" is always a surprise. Since the barrel is above your hand, the recoil forces the weapon to rotate with the barrel up, and away from your palm (left for a righty). A child could easily get shot in the head, if it came out of his hand and spun, or could shoot an instructor if it spun left and up.I have posted the video -above - and I asked the question - How could the story work as it is told - Have you watched the video?