Posted on 08/26/2016 10:31:12 AM PDT by Carriage Hill
No room for his 20-20 hindsight on that major error.
Never catch a Falling Knife ,,,
Sliced and Diced,,at best.
Thanks.
Sort of a semi-block. After a couple of tries it allows the evil “G” word. However, I’ve not yet even seriously contemplated the “F” word. It’s word nanny would probably burn the hard drive.
Agreed.
For a family to pay for a "gun vacation" to get their kids familiar with full auto just sounds icky for some reason. I have no problem with semi auto at those ages. If your 8, I would have held on to the fore stock and let them pull the trigger. Hitting the target doesn't even count for this type experience.
I grew up in an age where the dad took care of teaching firearm safety. How times have changed.
Or someone helped them change it.
At any and all NRA-compliant ranges, THE INSTRUCTOR IS 100% IN CHARGE. His bad call; his fault.
It’s as bad as handing a 16yo kid the keys to a 427 Cobra, F-40 Ferrari or 426 Hemi Cuda. Something bad’s going to happen.
I could buy that “IF and only if” the gun instructor had objected to teaching a 9 year old about the machine gun and the business had ordered him to.
At this point, it’s really about insurance money.
The business undoubtedly has liability insurance, but to get it, the family must sue.
I know this may sound stupid, but are there simulator guns to give that first beginner a feel what is like to shoot off a gun especially if it recoils? So when they actually hold a real one to shoot, they already have that sense in holding and controlling the weapon.
this is so wrong on so many levels. I actually think the young girl has a case against the estate of the gun instructor that she accidentally killed. I think nine is an appropriate age for a child to go to a range and shoot. it is not appropriate for the child to be firing the weapon she was firing. mainly because most children do not have the muscle strength to use the weapon correctly. as a gun range instructor he should of known this. now that child has to live with the trauma of accidently killing her instructor.
I love your suggestion. In general, I would not approve, but the family opened that can of worms. They fully deserve whatever happens.
I don’t like the idea of a law suit my self. I think there are a whole bunch of different adults responsible for this happening the one group not responsible is the manufacturer of the gun.
They are too dangerous and require expertise. You would not hand over the keys to a Ferrari to a kid who cannot reach the pedals, or has never driven before. Well, unless you are reaching for mayhem.
I let a visiting British friend - a grown man who had been in the Forces - shoot my .44 Desert Eagle. The first time he shot it, it had one round in the magazine so he could get a feel for the recoil. After that he was good.
father is at fault. he was the instructor instructing the kid and gave the kid the gun.
Morally, the father is in charge of his child. But legally, the range instructor rules over all there. Both are at fault, and one paid the ultimate price. Ultimately, the father will pay an even greater price, when his daughter realizes she has to carry her father’s negligence and stupidity burden, forever.
Stevie Wonder saw this coming.
Ray Charles and Helen Keller nodding in agreement.
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