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To: BlatherNaut

I believe this happened once before when somebody let a young child fire an UZI. It climbed up and shot either the kid or the instructor in the head.


16 posted on 08/26/2014 4:37:29 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: ozzymandus

Yes, it happened in Massachusetts.

“The teenager who worked at a gun show where 8-year-old Christopher Bizilj accidentally killed himself while shooting an Uzi testified today he twice suggested the boy’s father pick a less powerful weapon for the boy to shoot....”

http://abcnews.go.com/US/father-christopher-bizilj-died-firing-uzi-urged-son/story?id=12565132


35 posted on 08/26/2014 4:47:57 PM PDT by BlatherNaut
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To: ozzymandus
"I believe this happened once before when somebody let a young child fire an UZI. It climbed up and shot either the kid or the instructor in the head."

It was in Vegas too. Little boy. Glock 18. Dead right there. I was hoping the entire shooting world would have learned the hard lesson about automatic weapons in the hands of children. Apparently not.

37 posted on 08/26/2014 4:48:47 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (Up yours IRS!)
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To: ozzymandus

Massachusetts (2008)

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/27399337/ns/us_news-life/t/boy-accidentally-kills-self-gun-show/#.U_0caaJX-uY

I know some Freeper will turn that into a shorter link for us. Thank you.


40 posted on 08/26/2014 4:50:08 PM PDT by Laslo Fripp (The Sybil of Free Republic)
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