Boy, 8, dies after firing Uzi at gun show

[Dope Nose]

Boston Herald

MassLive.com

[Ronny Shade]

Never give an eight-year-old an uzi.

Don't people know this by now?

[November Rain]

Accidents happen, if he was besides licensed people and also his father, there isn't any one else you can blame here.

[jaguarr]

What in the hell were his parents thinking, letting him shoot an automatic weapon with far more kick than a child has the strength to handle?

jag

[Majic Walrus]

I have to agree with Ronny. Why on Earth give a kid an Uzi? I'm all about teaching gun safety, but maybe we should save Uzis for after the kid hits puberty.

[Dope Nose]

Originally Posted by Ronny Shade

Never give an eight-year-old an uzi.

Don't people know this by now?

seems like common sense, and yet...

Originally Posted by Boston Herald

An ad for the show posted on the Sportman’s Club Web site boasts: “No age limit or licenses required to shoot machine guns, handguns, rifles or shotguns!!!”

Originally Posted by Boston Herald

Anyone under 16 was admitted for free. Available targets were to include pumpkins, vehicles and “other fun stuff we can’t print here!!!!!” according to the club’s Web site.

[Silk Spectre]

I'm all for guns, but no civilian needs an automatic weapon, especially not an 8 year old. If someone wants a handgun for personal protection, or a rifle to hunt with, thats cool. Now a child is dead, his parents I imagine are devastated, and for what, because someone thought it would be cool to let a kid handle a machine gun?

[Raiden]

I don't care if you pro-gun control or against it, it's never right to let a young kid handle an automatic rifle, and I do think his parents are to blame for their carelessness, esp. since they brought him to a gun show.

[Bubonic]

Links don't open for me.
What happened, was it the recoil that caused his death?

[November Rain]

couldn't handle recoil, took own head off...

[Bubonic]

Originally Posted by November Rain

couldn't handle recoil, took own head off...

You're ****ting me I hope.
In anycase I guess the way he died isn't as important as the fact that he did die due to some serious ignorance.

[November Rain]

Christopher apparently lost control as he fired the gun, forcing it upwards and back, causing him to shoot himself in the head, said Westfield Police Lt. Hipolito Nunez. Christopher was under the supervision of a certified instructor, as well as his father, Dr. Charles Bizilj, when he was shot.

[Stringer]

Even if there were 20 people around the kid supervising, he shouldnt be firing an Uzi, thats just ridiculous.

[squeekness]

It is ridiculous. You want to teach your kid to shoot, let him have a small rifle or BB gun before you give a lad an automatic weapon. What do you want to bet dear ole dad ends up divorced over this? Momma probably wasn't pleased.....

[amazingfantasy15]

This is a ridiculous story, what kind of parent let's his 8 year old fire a fully automatic weapon? What kind of father takes their 8 year old to a gun show in the first place?

[squeekness]

I am sure there are lots of guys who come from a long line of hunters who take kids to a gun show and there is nothing wrong with that, but you shouldn't be letting them fire so strong a weapon, really......

[JLBats]

Originally Posted by squeekness

Momma probably wasn't pleased.....

...one would hope not.

[[A]]

You people and guns..

[JStorm]

Anything with too much kick should be accompanied by an adult.

Example, I could shot my BB gun, and 22 whenever I wanted at the age of 8 - 10. However, if I wanted to shoot something bigger, Pop was behind me and holding the gun/pistol with me.

Best memory, 9mm Glock. It kicked and the same accident could have happened. But Pop was right there. He never let go and never backed away.


Accidents do happen. But love and logic should have been at play here.

[squeekness]

I don't understand the fascination with guns. It seems to me that too many of them are used in ways the parents never intended. A gun in the house is just another school shooting waiting to happen.

[Silk Spectre]

What i got from the article is that the kids were not being well supervised. The adults were off in another room or a few yards away.

[JStorm]

Originally Posted by squeekness

I don't understand the fascination with guns. It seems to me that too many of them are used in ways the parents never intended. A gun in the house is just another school shooting waiting to happen.

True and false.

It is all on how one is raised. In the argument of the Collenbine(sp) kids, those parents should have been a little more careful. Watched for signs, clues, etc.

In the argument of my family, we never knew where the guns were, as kids. As teens, we knew where the safe was but did not have the key to unlock the pad that allowed access through combination.

My father taught us to respect and fear a weapon. Even today I own a pistol, and would never shoot it at another human unless I was SURE. There has to be a heinous crime going on, in my home, before I pull a loaded weapon. A creep wants to steal my Playstation, TV, etc - if I bat is not near by, I call the cops and prepare to wave goodbye the my possessions and the thief.

[OctaviusINC]

Either way I think we could ALL agree giving an 8 year old an Uzi is not a very good idea. I remember I shot a BB gun at a shed when I was 10 or so and when my mom found out she unleashed the hell of a thousand scorpions on me.

[[A]]

Originally Posted by squeekness

I don't understand the fascination with guns. It seems to me that too many of them are used in ways the parents never intended. A gun in the house is just another school shooting waiting to happen.

Originally Posted by JStorm

True and false.

It is all on how one is raised. In the argument of the Collenbine(sp) kids, those parents should have been a little more careful. Watched for signs, clues, etc.

In the argument of my family, we never knew where the guns were, as kids. As teens, we knew where the safe was but did not have the key to unlock the pad that allowed access through combination.

My father taught us to respect and fear a weapon. Even today I own a pistol, and would never shoot it at another human unless I was SURE. There has to be a heinous crime going on, in my home, before I pull a loaded weapon. A creep wants to steal my Playstation, TV, etc - if I bat is not near by, I call the cops and prepare to wave goodbye the my possessions and the thief.

Yeah--I kinda agree. If there was a gun in my house, that doesn't mean that I'd instantly start shooting at people I don't like, or whatever. I don't like guns, but I wouldn't make bad use of one either.. I'm not a wacko. Bad thing is when wackos can get guns easily..

[squeekness]

Originally Posted by JStorm

True and false.

It is all on how one is raised. In the argument of the Collenbine(sp) kids, those parents should have been a little more careful. Watched for signs, clues, etc.

In the argument of my family, we never knew where the guns were, as kids. As teens, we knew where the safe was but did not have the key to unlock the pad that allowed access through combination.

My father taught us to respect and fear a weapon. Even today I own a pistol, and would never shoot it at another human unless I was SURE. There has to be a heinous crime going on, in my home, before I pull a loaded weapon. A creep wants to steal my Playstation, TV, etc - if I bat is not near by, I call the cops and prepare to wave goodbye the my possessions and the thief.

This to me makes the most sense, but realistically... how many parents actually take the time to do things right? Time after time we hear stories of a youth getting a gun either from his own house or a friend's and commiting some terrible crime. Not everyone is as conscientious as your family was.