01-11-2011, 05:57 PM
(01-11-2011, 05:06 PM)sally Wrote: Well no one can help that the father is an idiot, but if the gun club had some kind of restrictions on children operating weapons they are not able to control then the kid wouldn't be dead right now.
I have had a .22 rifle (.22/20 gauge over and under Savage, thing of beauty, still have it) since I was seven. We had shooting lessons, had to pass the hunter safety course, and spent hours out in the desert learning how to properly operate rifles and handguns. I would NEVER have been allowed to shoot that Uzi at a gun show. Who would let a kid shoot a weapon they don't own and are not familiar with? The blame lies squarley on the father. Just because you CAN doesn't mean you SHOULD.