Fatal shooting of firing range instructor by 9 year old girl and an Uzi

Compare apples to apples. It is illegal for a 9 year old to own a gun.

 

I have no problems with adults owning guns, given proper procedures to get them. I do believe however that there are some things minor should not do, and firing semi automatics seems pretty much like a good restriction to put on minors.

 

Protocols are fine. I'm not against that. What I'm against is using a few incidents to ban guns

 

100% agree. I would go even further and put a restriction on caliber bullets for minors.

 

So bolt-action rifles, revolvers, and pump shotguns are okay?

 

No. Only Staples big red buttons. If we are preparing the future generation for war, let's not muck around and get them directly to the WMDs.

 

Yes because that's totally what people buy guns for.

 

link? this seems preposterous

 

As someone who has worked with radioactive material, the government plays a very tight role, huge fines and possibly more dire repercussions for mishandling or not following rules with the material. And transferring from one lab to another for totally legit reasons means establishing and getting approved a new protocol.

 

What does? I don't see 90 million gun stories bannered across the headlines. We are not living in a war zone despite what certain media outlets want you to believe.

 

ah i read that as none of them harmed anyone or had an accident. which they obviously do, every day

 

We have limits. Do you have any idea how hard it is to buy a machine gun?

This was a controlled environment. People can go to ranges, or sometimes large events, where they can rent a machine gun and fire off a few rounds. It's extremely expensive to shoot a machine gun.

Why does every damn news story about guns have to turn into a debate about gun control? I really don't see how this event has any bearing whatsoever on gun control.

 

Thousands of airplanes landed safely yesterday also, but we still push for better safety protocalls and training, as well as requiring ID to travel and more advanced security measures. Is that punishment?

 

That's not what I said. Read again carefully.

 

They do, gun accidents are a daily occurance in our country. Its becoming common enough that it doesn't make front page all the time, which is scarey.

 

How is this a comparison? And I'm not sure what your solution proposal is.

 

How many parents turn their kids over to an instructor to teach them how to swim? Is that not a potentially dangerous activity?

There are a ton of potentially dangerous activities, but we rely on certified professionals to provide us with a safe environment to conduct these activities. I'm sure the parents thought this was going to be a perfectly safe environment. It's a range. It's most likely a certified instructor. I imagine they probably asked for the smallest caliber machine gun available, which would be something like the Uzi (9mm). Not everyone knows that an Uzi has ridiculous recoil. The range should have known better and the instructor should have done a better job. He was standing in a horrible position.

Is it a great idea to have a 9 year old shoot a machine gun? I guess that depends on the gun and the situation. I probably wouldn't do it, but that's not to say there isn't a safe scenario.

 

Because gods, guns and gays are all people seem to care about these days. they are polarizing enough to distract from other issues. Just look on this forum which threads break 3 pages of replies and its always the same people saying the same shit.

And Obama

 

I think our solution is to apply bubble wrap.

New safety protocol: