Posted on 08/30/2014 8:39:47 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
The family of an Arizona shooting range instructor accidentally killed by a 9-year-old girl while he was teaching her to use an Uzi said they feel sorry for the child.
His daughter, 19-year-old Ashley, told NBC's "Today" show that the family knows it was a "tragic accident" and something she'll have to live with.
She said she planned to write a letter to the girl's family. "Our thoughts and our prayers are with them. We don't want their life to revolve around this," she said.
"My heart goes out to the little girl and I feel sorry for her and for her family," said Vacca's ex-wife, Anamarie.
Prosecutors say they will not file charges.
Clark County Coroner Mike Murphy told The Associated Press that it will take several weeks for blood-toxicology test results to be complete, and authorities were still investigating the shooting. The coroner said that an official cause of death was pending.
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Well was it 6 shots or only 5 ? well
I respect your thoroughness, and would have done the same under the circumstances.
Sorry, ma. Gotta lay this one at the instructors now deceased feet....always stand behind the firing line. Had he followed that, the 30 rounds would have been spent when the barrel went vertical.
Now for the funny...the joint is called the “Last Stop”...it’s the ONLY stop between Boulder Dam, and Kingman, AZ. And there is a public airstrip 100 yards down range of the machine gun berms;-)
Green Flag!
I see. Thanks for the information.
So, what was a 9 year old girl doing in a bar ?
(and don’t say ‘shooting a machine gun’)
I know, I just found the statement odd, not specifying whom they were testing. Usually it's the person shooting the weapon.
Of course, the whole thing is 'odd' being that it happened in a 'bar'.
Green Flag!
Luckily the airstrip (AZ50) is “Prior Permission Required”
http://www.airnav.com/airport/AZ50
Hopefully landing permission comes with a gun range warning...:^)
I have fired the M-16 both long and short, Galil, Uzi courtesy of Uncle Moses and even M-1 Carbine!
A healthy-minded instructor and facility would NOT let this have happened. It is both foolish and tragic.
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