Girl, 9, kills gun instructor with Uzi (CNN)

[Louie and me]

Can somebody please explain to me what a gun instructor was doing training a nine year old to use a uzi?
What were the parents thinking of?
Has the world gone completely mad?

[Barbara]

Has the world gone mad? Yes, it has.
I am very sorry for the girl whose parents are responsible for her having killed someone at the age of nine.

[RICHARD]

The blame goes completely on the parents and they should be charged with a crime.

I own various kinds of guns and would NEVER allow a child, that young, to fire a weapon such as a machine pistol.

I do believe in GUN SAFETY and was taught to respect and fear guns.

This was a total act of lunacy that ended in an accident - for every idiot incident there are hundreds of other times where young children are taught to shoot weapons that are 'appropriate' for their skill level.

No, I am not trying to turn this into a pro gun statement/rant. It's a tragedy and has to be put into a proper perspective - this child was in NO WAY old enough to be firing that style or weapon.

[Louie and me]

In my opinion, unless one is trying to teach a child how to kill; the only things a child has to learn at that age is how to safely handle the weapon, aim accurately and load and unload. You can teach that with a pea shooter or a BB gun!

[lizbud]

What a shame. A man loses his life & a young girl is traumatized. What were her parents thinking?

The name of the place is "Bullets & Burgers". :rolleyes:

[cassiesmom]

This is the other news story that has me SMH. At what point should the production crew have been sent away from the scene, for their own safety?
http://online.wsj.com/articles/cops-crew-member-killed-in-police-shooting-1409213384

[smokey the elder]

Sigh. Sometimes the level of stupid is just too much.

[Lady's Human]

What a shame. A man loses his life & a young girl is traumatized. What were her parents thinking?

The name of the place is "Bullets & Burgers". :rolleyes:

What were her parents thinking?

Very simply, they weren't.

[Vette]

It was a tragic accident but i still for the life me dont understand why someone that young was handling a Uzi... whats next AK47s an grenade launchers?

[Lady's Human]

It was a tragic accident but i still for the life me dont understand why someone that young was handling a Uzi... whats next AK47s an grenade launchers?

Actually an AK would be much easier to handle.