re: #262 lawhawk

There was an incident a few years ago where a gun range that allowed anyone to go in and shoot any manner of guns that they had on hand - they rented a goddamned Uzi of some sort to a young girl - who proceeded to fire the gun and lost control - killing the instructor in the process.

The parents are to be blamed to be sure, but the gun range too - they never should have put that kind of weapon in the hands of a 9-year old. No one of any age outside the military should be using that kind of weapon. Even accidents can have deadly consequences.

Said it here when it happened but the instructor and the girls guardians were asking for trouble and now that girl is traumatized knowing she ended a life. People look at me like I’m nuts when I declare my dislike of guns and gun culture but stories like that are exactly why I want the NRA to die.