In this case, the shooter was nine and she was operating an Uzi Submachine Gun. I believe that the firearm has a cyclic rate of 1200 rounds per minute. I am having trouble computing how long it would have taken to run through a 32 round magazine.
Reports indicate that the child was handling the weapon after her father and it apparently did not have its safety engaged. For those that argue that their finger is their safety...clearly not in this case.
Obviously this is going to start lots of conversations about guns in our society. I still remain fervently opposed to government regulation, but...in this case the question has to be asked...why would this instructor pass a gun to a child with the safety disengaged? Why did the parents even have her out to shoot an Uzi?
No, I don't want the government regulating who can and can not purchase a firearm, but it seems to me when you are trying to educate children about firearms, you start small. Say a single shot .22 or single barrel shotgun. Maybe I am wrong, but the results of this were self evidently disastrous to two families. It makes me wonder who was considering safety.
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