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What do you think of the logic of teaching a 9 year old child to shoot an Uzi sub-machine gun?

Asked by jca (36062points) August 28th, 2014

By now, you’ve probably heard the story of the 9 year old that was brought to a shooting range by her parents in order to learn to shoot an Uzi.

The 9 year old girl could not handle the recoil from the gun and ended up accidentally shooting the instructor. He was DOA at the hospital of a gunshot wound to the head.

This has been talked about on the news and in the papers. Here is the link with video (from before she shot the instructor) from the NY Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/28/us/arizona-firing-range-instructor-killed-by-girl-9-in-accident.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSumSmallMediaHigh&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

Do you think it’s responsible parenting or irresponsible parenting to have a 9 year old learning to shoot an Uzi?

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