Charles Vacca (39) was accidentally shot dead by a 9-year-old girl at a shooting range

[Boston Babe 73]

Ok thanks. I wasn't sure.



I feel like 9 is too young to be at a gun range, but some kids learn that shit at a very young age.


An Uzi is an automatic weapon right? I think people go to that range from all over the country to shoot rarer guns like that. I had a family member get married in Vegas, and some people went to a range there (not me obviously) to see/try out these different types of guns. I think we had a member here that had been to that range?

I learned how to shoot a .22 when I was six years old, but I grew up on a farm and it wasn't a fricken UZI. So......

[daisylane]

I learned how to shoot a .22 when I was six years old, but I grew up on a farm and it wasn't a fricken UZI. So......

See that's different, somewhat- when you were 6, your parents weren't privy to news/information being available 24/7 on the internet etc in regards to guns, and the stats have never been correctly reported, particularly then - these guys have no excuses!

[songbirdsong]

IMO, automatic weapons have no use outside of war (that's a whole nother can of worms.)
I feel sorry for this poor girl. What an asinine 'gift experience' for a 9-year-old. We might be reading about her suicide d/t PTSD in another 10 years. Just saying.

P.S. Some people enjoy going to gun ranges where they can shoot guns that they wouldn't have any reason to own. My brother-in-law was taken to a range by a sales rep while at a convention in Vegas and they had semi-autos available to shoot there.

Seriously though I'd be cool with making semi-automatics available SOLELY for use at gun ranges, not available for purchase by the general public. Like how you can do those "exotic car experiences" or whatever: nobody NEEDS a Maserati when a Ford will get them from point A to B, and also, driving a Maserati at 200mph on a regular highway is seriously dangerous.

Anyway, I don't think they have a case, just because the range appears not to have broken any laws. UNLESS they can show that the employee training and procedures don't cover everything. Like I dunno guns, but it seems like the physics of a teaching a child to shoot a gun would be different than teaching an adult? Things like height, weight, maybe arm length and strength?