nipsip Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 Teaching a 9 years old girl how to fire an Uzi? What could go wrong? Bye, bye dumb$hit. "Dolan Springs, Arizona: An instructor at a shooting range in Arizona has died after a nine-year-old girl accidentally shot him in the head with an Uzi sub-machinegun he was showing her how to use, the Mohave County Sheriff's Office said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeM58 Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 I gotta admit, I agree with you. At nine, my friends and I were shooting daisy BB guns, not real weapons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnmagician Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 Quote:Originally Posted by MikeMunn I gotta admit, I agree with you. At nine, my friends and I were shooting daisy BB guns, not real weapons. by 9 I think I had a .22 rifle and fired the infamous 410. Eggy 10-13 LAA 7-14 50-50 2-15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeM58 Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 by 9 I think I had a .22 rifle and fired the infamous 410. Well, that was Texas. Different rules there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nalu22 Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 http://www.stripersonline.com/t/950581/poor-child/15#post_11540325 "Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiverRaider Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 Gun Nuts A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. – William James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55555s Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 Quote:Originally Posted by MikeMunn I gotta admit, I agree with you. At nine, my friends and I were shooting daisy BB guns, not real weapons. By 9 I'd already gone through a dozen bricks of ammo. By 10 I already had my own shotgun. (clearly my parents weren't thinking straight... who in their right mind puts a .410 gauge shotgun in the hands of a child!??!) POint being, there is a far cry from a supervised single shot, regardless the caliber/gauge, to a complex select-fire gun that rates poorly in terms of controlled fire. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HugeDinghy Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 everyone agrees that this was a bad idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimP Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 Play stupid games...win stupid prizes. Just tossing a little bleach into the gene pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkrock Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 I assume killing the instructor means she failed the class? "mother Theresa was a POS"-fish'nmagician Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeM58 Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 By 9 I'd already gone through a dozen bricks of ammo. By 10 I already had my own shotgun. (clearly my parents weren't thinking straight... who in their right mind puts a .410 gauge shotgun in the hands of a child!??!) POint being, there is a far cry from a supervised single shot, regardless the caliber/gauge, to a complex select-fire gun that rates poorly in terms of controlled fire. Agreed. I was a little older before I got to shot a real weapon (11 maybe?), and took shooting safety classes with BB guns at the local YMCA. I guess the exact age is up to the parents, and I don't have issues with that. It just seemed a little weird for a 9 year old to be shotting an Uzi. I started a little late, but by 25 I was firing M16s, M60s, 50 cals, and calling artillery and airstrikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkrock Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 Kids in Maine can hunt deer, bear, moose at 10. Obviously they are shooting before that. You don't hear about any accidents. The type/style of weapon chosen here along with poor judgement/technique by the instructor had to be major contributing factors. "mother Theresa was a POS"-fish'nmagician Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishhappy Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 I never fired an automatic weapon. And although our youth hunter safety classes teach gun safety, there are not any tips on how to handle an Uzi. What is the deal with this weapon? Does it kick straight up, and require the user to hold it down hard? Are Uzi's made for nine-year-old girls? I feel worse for the little girl who shot the guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishhappy Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 Quote:Originally Posted by GregH By 9 I'd already gone through a dozen bricks of ammo. By 10 I already had my own shotgun. (clearly my parents weren't thinking straight... who in their right mind puts a .410 gauge shotgun in the hands of a child!??!) POint being, there is a far cry from a supervised single shot, regardless the caliber/gauge, to a complex select-fire gun that rates poorly in terms of controlled fire. It is very common. I had two cousins that were 9 and 11 who had there own gun rack with 410's and 22's. My neighbor's son received his first 22 at 9, it is kept locked up most of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaseB Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 I was squirrel hunting with a .410 by 7 and deer hunting with a .243 at 8. I expect my kids will do the same. I can see no reason to give a weapon like that to a 9 year old. And I agree, the one I feel bad for is her. "all of jase's posts are valid." -Otter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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