[marktwain]

A tragic incident.

[vladimir998]

What a shame the boy was killed. It seems to me that his father should have known it was a bad idea to allow the kid to fire that particular weapon on his own in the first place.

[Peter from Rutland]

Glad he was acquitted, doesn’t get him his life back though. The kids father is the one who should be on trial. I wouldn’t even let an 18 year old fire an Uzi.

[DirtyPigpen]

Any father who allows his 8 year old son/daughter to shoot a full auto micro uzi, without any assistance, should have been the one on trial.
I’d let my 7 year old shoot a 1919 or similar MG on a bipod/tripod but never anything hand held, especially somthing as top-heavy as a micro uzi.

I feel for the family, tragic loss.

[USNBandit]

Short barreled weapons and novice shooters always require more care and attention.

One of the biggest eye openers I ever had was when I took my girlfriend shooting back when I was a teenager. She was an accomplished competitive rifle shooter, but I put a handgun in her hands and it shocked me how unsafe she could be.

[Syntyr]

Tragic indeed. I let my 12 year old Nephew fire a full auto P90. However, the first 5 rounds were single fire only. Then I loaded 3 rounds and then 5 rounds and then I let him rip off 10 rounds. And you had better believe we went over grip, stance, target, muzzle control many times before we went in to the range box. I was also right behind him just in case. That way I could prevent him from turning around or backing up. This was all AFTER he had proved his proficiency at handling the Semi Auto .22, Revolver .22, Semi Auto 9mm 1911 and the .45 1911. The funny one was when I let him hold the Thompson Machinegun, empty of course, and he didn't have the upper body strength to keep it level. That's when I called it a day for that outing.