Why would you want to teach a 9 year old to use an Uzi!!!???
Wed Aug 27, 2014 8:43 pm
Arizona shooting: Girl, nine, kills gun instructor
5 hours ago
Media caption
Footage has been released by the Mojave County Sheriff's Department that shows Charles Vacca teaching the nine-year-old shortly before the accident happened
A nine year-old girl in the US has killed her shooting instructor by accident while being shown how to use a high-powered submachine gun.
The instructor was giving the girl a lesson at a shooting range in Arizona when the recoil from the automatic fire caused her to lose control of the Uzi.
Charles Vacca, 39, was shot in the head and died after being airlifted to a hospital in Las Vegas.
The girl was at the shooting range with her parents, who filmed the lesson.
The footage shows the instructor coaching her as she fires a single shot at a target at the Last Stop shooting range in White Hills, Arizona.
The Uzi then appears to be switched to automatic as the girl pulls the trigger and loses her grip of the weapon.
The video, edited and released by the Mojave County Sheriff's office, ends abruptly before the instructor is shot.
The website of the shooting range, called Bullets and Burgers, says children aged eight and older can shoot a weapon if they are accompanied by a parent.
Range operator Sam Scarmardo told Klas TV that they had never had an incident in the 12 years it has been open.
"We really don't know what happened. Our guys are trained to basically hover over people when they're shooting," he said.
"If they're shooting right-handed, we have our right-hand behind them ready to push the weapon out of the way. And if they're left-handed, the same thing."
Correspondents say it is common in parts of the US for children to be taught how to use firearms.
Many firing ranges have strict safety rules on instructing children.
Uzis
Submachine gun designed in 1950s for Israel's army
Exported to many countries and used in many conflicts
Capable of automatic or semi-automatic fire
Standard rate of fire 600 rounds per minute
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-28948946
5 hours ago
Media caption
Footage has been released by the Mojave County Sheriff's Department that shows Charles Vacca teaching the nine-year-old shortly before the accident happened
A nine year-old girl in the US has killed her shooting instructor by accident while being shown how to use a high-powered submachine gun.
The instructor was giving the girl a lesson at a shooting range in Arizona when the recoil from the automatic fire caused her to lose control of the Uzi.
Charles Vacca, 39, was shot in the head and died after being airlifted to a hospital in Las Vegas.
The girl was at the shooting range with her parents, who filmed the lesson.
The footage shows the instructor coaching her as she fires a single shot at a target at the Last Stop shooting range in White Hills, Arizona.
The Uzi then appears to be switched to automatic as the girl pulls the trigger and loses her grip of the weapon.
The video, edited and released by the Mojave County Sheriff's office, ends abruptly before the instructor is shot.
The website of the shooting range, called Bullets and Burgers, says children aged eight and older can shoot a weapon if they are accompanied by a parent.
Range operator Sam Scarmardo told Klas TV that they had never had an incident in the 12 years it has been open.
"We really don't know what happened. Our guys are trained to basically hover over people when they're shooting," he said.
"If they're shooting right-handed, we have our right-hand behind them ready to push the weapon out of the way. And if they're left-handed, the same thing."
Correspondents say it is common in parts of the US for children to be taught how to use firearms.
Many firing ranges have strict safety rules on instructing children.
Uzis
Submachine gun designed in 1950s for Israel's army
Exported to many countries and used in many conflicts
Capable of automatic or semi-automatic fire
Standard rate of fire 600 rounds per minute
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-28948946
Re: Why would you want to teach a 9 year old to use an Uzi!!
Wed Aug 27, 2014 8:52 pm
Shocking story, those yanks are mad fair play
Re: Why would you want to teach a 9 year old to use an Uzi!!
Wed Aug 27, 2014 8:54 pm
Shocking, apparently the place is advertised as a family day out 
Bullets and burgers!,
Only in America!!
Bullets and burgers!, Only in America!!
Re: Why would you want to teach a 9 year old to use an Uzi!!
Wed Aug 27, 2014 10:00 pm
Blackwood_Bluebird wrote:Shocking, apparently the place is advertised as a family day out
Only in America!!
Probably opposite coffee and coffins, stupid yanks letting 9 yr olds shoot guns
Re: Why would you want to teach a 9 year old to use an Uzi!!
Thu Aug 28, 2014 10:37 am
but it's their constitutional right.
yep apparently they have the right to be shot by an infant in the head then maybe grab a bite afterwards....and they'll f*cking kill you if you try to take it from them!
yep apparently they have the right to be shot by an infant in the head then maybe grab a bite afterwards....and they'll f*cking kill you if you try to take it from them!
Re: Why would you want to teach a 9 year old to use an Uzi!!
Thu Aug 28, 2014 11:32 am
Got to feel sorry for that kid. Probably play on her mind for the rest of her life.
Re: Why would you want to teach a 9 year old to use an Uzi!!
Thu Aug 28, 2014 11:47 am
If I lived in the states maybe I would.