[JoeProBono]

Authorities say Police Chief Edward Fleury promoted the gun exposition where Christopher Bizilj died. (DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE)

[GeronL]

Okay there seems to have been a very long list of FAILS in this case.

[OldDeckHand]

It’s crazy stories like this that give ammunition (pardon the pun) to the anti-gun show crowd. How in the world do responsible adults allow an 8 year-old to fire an fully automatic, and possibly unwieldy weapon especially under the supervision of a kid who’s not old enough to drive? It’s ridiculous.

[Soothesayer9]

Wow. Cute kid..I wonder what a lawsuit will accomplish.

[Adder]

Wasn’t the boys father right there?

Seems like I recall that he was. Wanted his son to fire the weapon.....

[SJSAMPLE]

I remember when this happened.
This is one of the worst case of criminal negligence I’ve ever heard of.

The Micro UZI is difficult enough for a grown man to control, let alone an eight year-old.

Prison sentences, all around.
No excuses.

[al_c]

Can they sue themselves for neglect? C’mon ... an 8 year old firing an Uzi? Idiots.

[Haiku Guy]

The boy's family claims the gun was defective and unreasonably dangerous, and they blame the failure to properly service it.

I am sure the manufacturer would agree that it was unreasonably dangerous to put an Uzi into the hands of an eight-year-old. But they didn't do this. The parents did this.

[Haiku Guy]

The boy's family claims the gun was defective and unreasonably dangerous, and they blame the failure to properly service it.

I am sure the manufacturer would agree that it was unreasonably dangerous to put an Uzi into the hands of an eight-year-old. But they didn't do this. The parents did this.

[HighWheeler]

The kid’s father:
1) brought the kid to the gun show,
2) and is standing doing NOTHING,
3) while a 15 yo shows him how to handle an Uzi submachine gun,
4) that has already jammed twice while they are standing there???

[hoosier hick]

Let me get this straight. The same parent(s) that allowed the kid to handle an Uzi are now suing because it’s someone else’s fault? Okay.....

hh

[texgal]

Where were Christopher’s mommy & daddy?

[Travis McGee]

Of note.

[netmilsmom]

I know everyone is saying it’s the Dad’s fault, but I had no clue about the inability to control this weapon before this case. I could see myself thinking it would be cool to let my girls do it.

I would be the stupid mother blamed here on FR when I trusted the owner of the gun to put an age limit on things.

I wouldn’t sue, though. I would have probably had a heart attack at the moment it happened.

[Gay State Conservative]

It's a shame what happened to that kid but if I'm on the jury I vote “no money”.Where there are firearms there's *always* at least a small chance of an accident.

[Shooter 2.5]

It was not a gunshow. It’s the diffence between going to a carshow and actually taking part in a NASCAR race.

[TASMANIANRED]

Of course Dad allowing this bears no responsibility.