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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: THUNDERDUCK on October 27, 2008, 01:49:19 PM
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WESTFIELD, Mass. – An 8-year-old boy died after accidentally shooting himself in the head while firing an Uzi submachine gun under adult supervision at a gun fair.
The boy lost control of the weapon while firing it Sunday at the Machine Gun Shoot and Firearms Expo at the Westfield Sportsman's Club, Police Lt. Lawrence Valliere said.
The boy was with a certified instructor and "was shooting the weapon down range when the force of the weapon made it travel up and back toward his head, where he suffered the injury," a police statement said. Police called it a "self-inflicted accidental shooting."
The victim was taken to Baystate Medical Center where he died. His name was not released.
Although the death appears to be an accident, police and the Hampden district attorney's office were investigating, officials said.
The club said on its Web site that the event, run in conjunction with C.O.P Firearms and Training, is "all legal and fun." People will be allowed to fire weapons at vehicles, pumpkins and other targets, it said.
Officials with the private club and the firearms group could not be reached for comment. A message left on a club answering machine was not returned. The C.O.P. group's machine clicked off without taking a message.
The sportsman's club was founded in 1949 and describes itself on its Web site as an organization that promotes "the interest of legal sport with rod, gun, and bow and arrow, both directly and through training."
It has eight firing ranges as well as archery and fishing facilities located on 375 acres in Westfield, about 100 miles west of Boston.
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Even if he was under adult supervision, you don't let a little kid fire a gun by himself! Common sense dictates that the gun will release some kind of 'back force' on whoever is holding it, and a kid won't be able to control that.. Idiots!
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You know what?
That's no accident.
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He should've let go of the trigger...
But yeah.. Kids + Guns = Nuhuh. :thumbdown:
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Kids + Guns = Parents Are Fuckin' Idiots!!
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kids in a gun fair?!
what the hell were the organizers thinking allowing people to bring kids along with them???
and people complain when kids are exposed to guns and violence on TV...
WTH!?!?
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Reason #43297542043 why guns should be outlawed.
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There is so much wrong about this Expo. 1st why would they let people under 18+ to enter? 2nd fucking americans are too dumb to have a common sense of not letting kids use a gun. 3rd should they have use "dead bullet" instead of "live bullet"?
Anyway one thing I found funny
The club said on its Web site that the event, run in conjunction with C.O.P Firearms and Training, is "all legal and fun." People will be allowed to fire weapons at vehicles, pumpkins and other targets, it said.
For the kid, I guess "other targets" = himself.
XD
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Kids + Guns = Parents Are Fuckin' Idiots!!
QFT
Especially a sub-machine gun? I wouldn't even trust an adult with one. The organizers and staff really should've know better cause they should be experts on these guns.
The biggest problem isn't lack of rules and regulations, it's the lack of responsibility of the individuals.
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Wow, I'm speechless.... where the hell were the parents, and why would anyone let a child (of any age) handle a submachine gun. Funny how when tragedy happens, the people/organization responsible never answer calls. If it was an accident, acknowledge it, and enforce tighter rules and regulations on these events. i.e. NO MINORS ALLOWED. People have no common sense anymore. :angry:
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Seriously.
Do they let baby fires desert eagle too? "Oh humanity!"
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Struck down by the hand of darwin.
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^problem is, darwin's hand struck the wrong person...