Child Shoots Himself W/Uzi

[Dr. Cheese]

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/play...26713&src=news

This certainly looks like a bad idea gone wrong.

[Stanley Design]

That guys wife is going to KILL him. "I told you not to bring him to that gun show!!!"

[i_got_a_mohawk]

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Who the hell would think it was a good idea to give a child a gun, let alone a fully automatic one

[mike_v_s]

I think that shooting actually took place over a month ago (not that it matters, I'm just surprised that this is the first thread about it).

Mike

[narud]

imo the only person that should be charged is the dad that thought it was a good idea to let someone put an uzi in his childs hand.

[username n/a]

Wow, just wow.

[Relic]

It's a really really sad story but this particular gun, should NEVER have been in the hands of a child. The folks running this show should very well have known better. A freaking micro uzi?? If they had allowed him a .22 or something or the sort, fine, but an uzi? Ugh.... What the heck were they thinking?

[Mark Wilson]

Unbelievable....

[FL Knifemaker]

Isn't this like the second or third time this story has been posted?? It was news months ago

[Kenbuntu]

this would have never happened in Canada...
and why would there be a loaded uzi??????

[bassrique]

Was that a fully auto version? Nonetheless, even a single shot fired from 9mm has way too much kick for an 8-year-old to handle. I can picture exactly what happened.

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Hey Doc, I know this is way off-topic, but I was just at the BG forum reading about Peavey graphites [Moses thread]. I remember you knowing what the models are [were]. Two of them, no?

[bassrique]

Originally Posted by Kenneth Faria

this would have never happened in Canada...
and why would there be a loaded uzi??????

You can have a semi-auto Uzi in Canada [registered, and not to carry of course] IIRC, so yes, I suspect it could have happened in Canada.

[coreyfyfe]

Originally Posted by FL Knifemaker

Isn't this like the second or third time this story has been posted?? It was news months ago

Yeah but it's back in the news because the just announced that they're charging people for it.

They were saying on the local news that they were advertising the gun show as "no permits needed" and "a day of family fun."

[FL Knifemaker]

It was a full auto. It happened at a range where you can pay to shoot full autos. A customer allowed his kid to shoot the gun. The boy should not have been in the range area. As one would expect, while firing, the muzzle rose and rounds struck him in the head.

[Honk'n_down-low]

This was just poor judgment now the little boy is gone and his Family is devastated. No one ever wanted to expected this to happen - this is just a sad accident.

[Kelly Lee]

Originally Posted by Kenneth Faria

this would have never happened in Canada...
and why would there be a loaded uzi??????

Please don't go there.

As to why there was a loaded Micro Uzi...it was a gun show (outdoor event) with live fire demonstrations and the opportunity to fire full-auto firearms with a trained instructor.

Originally Posted by bassrique

Was that a fully auto version? Nonetheless, even a single shot fired from 9mm has way too much kick for an 8-year-old to handle. I can picture exactly what happened.

Yes, it was a a full-auto Micro Uzi. They are hard to control even for a lot of adults but it isn't due to the caliber of the weapon. The entire Uzi family of weapons have a rather large grips that a childs hand(s) would have a really hard time getting a good grip on. Add that to a super high cyclic rate (rate of fire) of over 1100+ rounds per minute and you have what happened here. The child would have been fine firing it in semi-auto but not full. However, the stupid instructor should have known better. He was an idiot and I have no sympathy for him over the charges he faces.

Now, about the caliber thing when it concerns a child. My daughter fired my Para P13 .45 auto when she was 7yo and is extremely small for her age and she had no problem with the recoil. Yes, she couldn't hold the gun up, and had to rest it on something, but could fire and control it with no problem. BTW, she is a very good shot!

[coreyfyfe]

Originally Posted by Kelly Lee

As to why there was a loaded Micro Uzi...it was a gun show (outdoor event) with live fire demonstrations and the opportunity to fire full-auto firearms with a trained instructor.

They're being charged because it's a violation of massachusetts state law for anyone under 18 to handle an automatic weapon and he was supervised by a 15 year old instructor.

[iamlowsound]

Originally Posted by bassrique

Was that a fully auto version? Nonetheless, even a single shot fired from 9mm has way too much kick for an 8-year-old to handle. I can picture exactly what happened.

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Hey Doc, I know this is way off-topic, but I was just at the BG forum reading about Peavey graphites [Moses thread]. I remember you knowing what the models are [were]. Two of them, no?

Peavey G (four string) and Peavey GV (five string).

lowsound

[Kelly Lee]

Originally Posted by coreyfyfe

They're being charged because it's a violation of massachusetts state law for anyone under 18 to handle an automatic weapon and he was supervised by a 15 year old instructor.

That may be the case in MA as I'm not familiar with their laws. The event organizers should have made sure it was legal in their state before allowing it. Now, per federal law, everything was legal.

[coreyfyfe]

Originally Posted by Kelly Lee

That may be the case in MA as I'm not familiar with their laws. The event organizers should have made sure it was legal in their state before allowing it. Now, per federal law, everything was legal.

The event was set up by a company owned by the Pellham, Ma chief of police. Lots of bad decisions all around on this one. Sucks, but such is life I suppose.