9 year old girl shoots Range Instructor

[DeerMadness]

With Uzi....Nice to know Idaho is letting kids one year older than that hunt. Let kids grow up until they can handle weapons.

 

[338RUM]

Link to the story...


http://www.ksl.com/?sid=31302625&ni...cidentally-kills-gun-instructor&s_cid=queue-7


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[Captain_coues]

That's what my dad would call a definite awe-$h!t

 

[Axman280]

Your are right, but there is many states that let children hunt younger than that... Some states,if the child can pass the hunter safety coarse, he or she can hunt... no age requirements

 

[Zeke]

It's the age of youth entitlement!
Stupid and true!
Zeke

 

[Ropinfool]

now that poor girl is gonna remember that her whole life. too bad adults put her in that situation.

 

[1911]

Comparing this to a youth big game hunt is a bit of a stretch. Unless they are hunting with a sub gun on full auto.

 

[DeerMadness]

True 1911

But kids that young have shot at movement in the forest, and so have adults but it still is a concern.

 

[Weiserbucks]

RE: True 1911

I slowly introduced my son to firearms . red rider , then pump pellet gun , single shot 22 , single shot 410 , and just recently bolt action 243 . He has learned well at 11 years old . I would have NEVER considered having him fire a full auto anything , much less an UZI . I believe that starting 'em young will help drive home the safety aspect , with proper supervision of course . When I joined the Marine Corps we had approximately 75% of our platoon that had NEVER handled a weapon . First day at the range with those guys was one of the few times Iv been afraid for my life !

 

[feddoc]

RE: True 1911

The guy screwed up by not watching the muzzle of the gun she was firing.

 

[Captain_coues]

RE: True 1911

The family of the instructor spoke out about this today. They showed a lot of class.

 

[Founder]

RE: True 1911

Very sad deal for sure, but that kid shouldn't have been shooting that gun. Didn't look safe to me at all in the video. Just a boneheaded thing for an adult to OK. It's similar to letting a 9 year old ride around on a full sized ATV. Most us have probably seen that. Accident waiting to happen!

That poor little girl has to live with it. Accident or not, it never leave her mind.

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[NMPaul]

RE: True 1911

Girl should not have been handling an uzi set on auto.

What that has to do with youth hunts I have no clue.

I feel better hunting with kids than some adults I have seen.

Kids will listen to you , adults wont.

My son killed his first buck at 8 years old and had more hunts under his belt by 11 than a lot of guys that call themselves hunters.

It is all about instruction and judgement.

 

[feddoc]

RE: True 1911

There are ways for a competent instructor to *properly* help a kid shoot a select fire weapon. This guy should have know about the inherent muzzle jump and realize that kids don't have that knowledge.