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December 5, 2008, 09:57 AM | #1 | |
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8 Year old dies while shooting an Uzi
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December 5, 2008, 10:14 AM | #2 | ||
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Makes me wonder a bit about loaning a rifle to a minor. |
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December 6, 2008, 11:45 AM | #3 |
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I don't think the lack of a certified instructor, per se, is the cause of the accident. His father was standing too far away with the a camera and the owner of the weapon was not next to the boy. They allowed a 15 y.o. to hand the weapon to the boy and instruct the boy. The owner of the weapon should have been next to the boy. The owner, knowing how the weapon recoils and rises, should have warned the boy and should have been standing ready to grab the barrel if the boy started losing control.
The debate about whether or not there should have been a certified instructor on hand, opens the door to more regulation and restrictions. The new cry from the left will be that there has to be a certified instructor every time a person wants to try a new weapon. |
December 6, 2008, 03:20 PM | #4 | |
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an eight year old would have gotten just as much fun with "shoot the red star out with the BB gun at the carnival". worked for me anyway.
somebody, and maybe more than a few, need their heads examined. i might have let him shoot the gun with two rounds in a mag or two to see how it went etc...maybe. kinda doubt that even. what if he had turned around the other direction while spraying? anyone ever get the death grip on a powerful hand drill when it grabs in steel etc and cant take your finger off the trigger? oh well...i hate to be anti anything related to lawful guns....what a total tragedy.
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December 6, 2008, 04:44 PM | #5 |
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This *is* a terrible tragedy, but it's not related to law or civil rights.
Closed for being off-topic.
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