Why does a 9 year old need to learn how to shoot an Uzi?

That was my first thought too, but as I'm English I know my thoughts on guns are inherently different to many Americans.

Poor child will live with that for ever even though it wasn't her fault.

I don't even have words. When will this madness end?

I am assuming that it was just for entertainment, a family event, not anything she *needed*. They were on holiday I believe and stopped at the centre where children can fire guns under adult supervision. While I can see that, if guns are part of your everyday life, teaching your child to shoot would be no big deal to some, why an Uzi? The recoil must have been a known factor wasn't it?

I would think that there's an age limit for these gun ranges. This is just so tragic.

Our family and extended family own guns and all grew up learning how to shoot. Hunting and shooting sports (clays, target shooting, range shooting, etc) are second-nature to many people I know. But there's not one person in our family who would ever hand a child of any age an Uzi.

I understand that gun range does have an age limit of at least 8 years old. But there ought to be a much higher age limit on handling weapons of certain power and caliber. I'm sure now there will be. It's tragic that it will be too late for all the people involved in this horrible incident.

Stupidity, plain and simple. Because of the lack of good judgement on the part of the parents and the gun range, a family no longer has a loved one in their lives and a child will never fully recover from what she did and what she saw. The article that I read yesterday stated that they had not been able to determine if children as young as nine were allowed to shoot on the range. Even if they were, shouldn't there have been a limit on what types of guns they were allowed to use, you know, because some parents don't have enough sense to make those decisions on their own.

My guess is her parents are Preppers. That is the only thing I can come up with. So sad.

How awful. And the family will have to live with what happened. I hope they get that poor child some help.

It's positively reprehensible and unacceptable. That no one thought this was a bad idea blows my mind. And now this little girl will have to live with the stupidity of her parents for the rest of her life.

Guns DO NOT belong in the hands of civilians... especially small children. When the fuck will people wake up and realise this? I know, never, because guns are so fucking precious to some people. The fact that guns are held in such high esteem infuriates me and saddens me.

Even the Israeli army quit using Uzis because they are so unpredictable. Most untrained adults would have trouble with the recoil from this weapon, it bucks like a rodeo horse. The fact the instructor kept his hand on her back and the other to steady the weapon, must have told him she was too little to handle the gun. WTF were they thinking?

Agreed. Please know that not all Americans have guns or want guns. I feel so sorry for this girl as well as the instructor's family. So sad.

  I do not understand people putting any kind of gun in the hands of untrained individuals, adult or child.  No Uzi should be given to anyone who isn't really really experienced with weapons. 

I'm pro-gun education for all, including those who don't have or want a gun.  We have enough guns in this country it's important to understand how they behave and how to disarm a gun.  I am a gun owner and take the second amendment very seriously.

But these kinds of accidents happen in many places, including this father killed by his child by the loaded gun HE gives him.  And he doesn't supervise him in the least.  CRAZY!  This is not grossly graphic but you see the toddler fire the gun.

Trust me, many of us red blooded Americans are thinking the same thing. They played video on news of her shooting, she's just a little thing. Someone with expertise, or common sense, could have prevented this.