All the news that fits: 9 year old shoots firearm instructor

Heard this on the news on Tuesday, after the instructor died from a gunshot wound to the head.  I’d had some oddball vacations before, but they never included videotaping FirstBorn or PITA learning how to use Uzi submachine guns.  Here’s the entire article.

The death of a shooting instructor at an Arizona gun range when a 9-year-old girl lost control of a powerful automatic weapon has raised the issue of age limits at such operations.

The girl, on vacation with her parents at the Last Stop shooting range in White Hills, Ariz., accidentally shot and killed the instructor, 39-year-old Charles Vacca, while firing an Uzi submachine gun Monday, officials said. The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office said the gun’s recoil sent the weapon over the girl’s head, its bullets striking Mr. Vacca, who stood next to her.

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