Posted on 08/26/2016 10:31:12 AM PDT by Carriage Hill
The children of an Arizona gun instructor accidentally killed by a 9-year-old firing an Uzi at a gun range are filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the business's owners.
"The gun range created an unsafe and dangerous environment that ultimately lead to my dad’s death" said Ellie Vacca, the 17-year-old daughter of Charles Vacca, on "Good Morning America" today.
The gun instructor’s family spoke to ABC News exactly two years after the tragic accident, saying they want the owners of shooting range to be held responsible.
The wrongful death suit claims that the mini Uzi 9MM that fired the fatal shot should never have been placed in the girl's hands.
"What we have here is a complaint that says the operation we saw where Charlie Vacca was killed was fundamentally unsafe. It's fundamentally unsafe to give machine guns to children," said James Goodnow, the attorney representing the Vacca family in the suit.
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Agreed, but I’d go one step further.
I cannot fathom, even by parsing the situation to the Nth degree, how a nine year-old girl could handle a FA UZI. Remember, and eight year old kid shot himself in the head with a micro UZI in Maryland about ten years ago. He was being supervised at a private range by a cop.
A kid shooting a semi-auto long rifle off a bench isn’t such a worry, as long as they’re supervised.
Would people hand a chainsaw to a eight or nine year-old?
“The gun instructor was responsible for his own death”
This.
He was the one empowered & responsible for teaching the student, and ensuring the student didn’t do anything dumb/dangerous in the process. He, of anyone, was the one who requested & received the right to decide “you are/aren’t too small & inexperienced to wield a weapon of this power.” He made the decision, the consequence is his responsibility to bear. Nobody else has standing to complain, and nobody else is liable for the consequences.
That pretty much confirms it. He is solely responsible for the accident.
I doubt they want a ‘legal precedent’. It’s lawfare: ‘bankrupt any gun-related business’ if possible.
Was the instructor consulted about the action? or did the father act without the consent of the instructor?
Still the instructor’s fault, as he was responsible for who did what with the weapon. He should have been close & aware enough to intervene as the father handed the weapon over to the child; not like it was a sudden accident or unstoppable act.
I was showing my younger sister how to shoot a G32 (.357SIG), at my company’s private range, and as she fired, the gun flew out of her hand and back over her head. Two people moved to catch it, and I had to block them and let it fall into the gravel. Only after explaining everything, did they understand the gravity of what could have happened. Both were experienced shooters, too. Brrrrrr.
“Never try to catch a falling knife.”
There are a bunch of sites that say the whole thing was a hoax.
On the same page with the “9-11 hoax/false flag” sites?
"According to Goodnow, the Vacca Children have been adamant from the beginning that they do not blame the young girl. "The Vacca children believe she is a victim of this entire system as was the gun instructor," he said."
This is a Vegas rent-an-UZI range where the father took his family. They went there willingly and with full knoweldge. Post 6 has a video of the instructor and the girl, but not the actual shooting.
The father was taking the video, so one can only assume that the father was complicit.
Amen the mini Uzi has a pretty high rate of fire, much higher than the big Uzi and a much lighter gun. I wouldn’t put one in the hands of an adult without some training and dual experience.
I remember a cop shooting himself dead trying to catch a falling Glock. Nobody wants to see their Glock hit the gravel, but that’s what Glocks are for.
I think that was pretty much what I said.
Yes it was.
You are correct.
I was referring to the lawsuit, but the instructor had to have know this accident was a possibility, however remote.
Just remember Plexico Burris, who tried to catch his falling Glock.
Funny thing about this Kindle’s auto spell: it changes “Glock” to “Block”.
As in “Glock Block”?
Did you ever see the parody on YT of that? Hilarious!
Should be thrown out of court. Moron handed a Mini-Uzi to a 9-year old girl. It’s his own fault he’s dead.
I am not usually one for wrongful death lawsuits...but someone was not paying attention on this day.
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