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In reply to the discussion: The NRA advocates for 10 year olds to own assault rifles. End the NRA. [View all]Hestia
(3,818 posts)9. Anyone remember this story from 2014? AZ Girl Accidentally Kills Instructor At Firing Range
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
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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.
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.
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The NRA advocates for 10 year olds to own assault rifles. End the NRA. [View all]
sharedvalues
Aug 2019
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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
Maybe those are some folks that don't like their kids or girlfriends very much
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Aug 2019
#31
Lots of us had toy guns as kids; some never wanted to own a real one as an adult ....
MichMan
Aug 2019
#45
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