In Oct of this year, an 8 year old boy died after being accidentally shot in the head while he was test firing a Uzi at a gun show in western Mass
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First--I'm 100% with you. The promoters should NOT have let a child fire the gun, even with his father's permission. They should know better--and probably did. BUT, the kid's father should have known better too. And again--he DID know better. It was a dumb decision compounded by a dumb decision and a child paid with his life.
In defense of the boy's father, he must KNOW that he is partially to blame. Suing everyone else involved helps him push this horrendous, HORRENDOUS responsibility off his own shoulders. Should the promoters be sued? Well, yeah, they should. I am certain there were policies that, even if the kid's father talked them out of following, they should not have. In the end, nothing anyone does brings this child back, and THAT is what his father has to live with for the rest of his life.
My son has guns. Shotguns for hunting and skeet. I know there are collectors, but honestly, why does ANYONE need an Uzi? Why???
The promoters should NOT have let a child fire the gun, even with his father's permission. They should know better--and probably did.
Given that the promoter is (perhaps soon to be "was") the police chief one town over from here, he certainly *did* know better, but hey, when has common sense ever trumped over gun nuttery?
Agreed that the father bears a huge amount of the responsibility for his son's death.
The people (not the gun club) who brought the weapon in question. It wasn't a standard Uzi. This is a little bit of gun neepery, but it was a mini-Uzi. It fires the same 9mm rounds as an Uzi, but it is a much smaller and lighter weapon, which means that it has far more recoil than the standard Uzi. One of the steps taken to lighten this particular weapon is the removal of the secondary grip, making it impossible to use both hands to stabilize the weapon. The mini-Uzi has a reputation among gun experts as a "50/50 weapon." By this they mean that it is 50/50 whether the target or the shooter will be hit by a bullet from it
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Well said--and absolutely right. I wonder what the person who said, "Sure your son can fire the Uzi; let me get that ready for you," is feeling about the whole thing...
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In defense of the boy's father, he must KNOW that he is partially to blame. Suing everyone else involved helps him push this horrendous, HORRENDOUS responsibility off his own shoulders. Should the promoters be sued? Well, yeah, they should. I am certain there were policies that, even if the kid's father talked them out of following, they should not have. In the end, nothing anyone does brings this child back, and THAT is what his father has to live with for the rest of his life.
My son has guns. Shotguns for hunting and skeet. I know there are collectors, but honestly, why does ANYONE need an Uzi? Why???
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Given that the promoter is (perhaps soon to be "was") the police chief one town over from here, he certainly *did* know better, but hey, when has common sense ever trumped over gun nuttery?
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The people (not the gun club) who brought the weapon in question. It wasn't a standard Uzi. This is a little bit of gun neepery, but it was a mini-Uzi. It fires the same 9mm rounds as an Uzi, but it is a much smaller and lighter weapon, which means that it has far more recoil than the standard Uzi. One of the steps taken to lighten this particular weapon is the removal of the secondary grip, making it impossible to use both hands to stabilize the weapon. The mini-Uzi has a reputation among gun experts as a "50/50 weapon." By this they mean that it is 50/50 whether the target or the shooter will be hit by a bullet from it ( ... )
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