{"id":5672,"date":"2014-08-27T15:29:07","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T19:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=5672"},"modified":"2014-09-11T15:38:08","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T19:38:08","slug":"9-year-old-girl-accidentally-kills-shooting-range-instructor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/27\/9-year-old-girl-accidentally-kills-shooting-range-instructor\/","title":{"rendered":"9-Year-Old Girl Accidentally Kills Shooting Range Instructor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/3183289\/9-year-old-girl-accidently-shoots-kills-gun-range-instructor-uzi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Time<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A nine-year-old girl accidentally shot and <a href=\"http:\/\/resources.mohavecounty.us\/File\/Sheriff\/PressReleasesArchives\/2014\/08-26-2014_Press_Release.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">killed a shooting range instructor<\/a> in Arizona, police say.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Vacca, 39, was instructing the girl on how to use an automatic Uzi on Monday when the girl, who was accompanied by her parents, pulled the trigger and then lost control of the weapon, the Mohave County Sheriff\u2019s Office said in a statement Tuesday. Vacca was shot in the head and died of his injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Scarmardo, the operator of the shooting range Last Stop where the accident occurred, said the range allows accompanied children age eight and older to handle weapons.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph2\">I&#8217;m almost at a loss for words here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph2\">I&#8217;ve been a gun owner most of my adult life &#8212; I can not for the life of me understand how any responsible gun owner or firearms instructor would ever think putting a sub-machine gun in the hands of child is good idea &#8212; it&#8217;s stupid, and dangerous. One would have thought the tragic death 8-year-old\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Christopher Bizilj of Ashford, Conn. in 2008 would have driven that point home. For those who don&#8217;t remember Christopher accidentally <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/id\/27399337\/ns\/us_news-life\/t\/boy-accidentally-kills-self-gun-show\/#.U_3S5NyWI7E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">shot himself in the head<\/a> with an Uzi sub-machine at a machine gun shoot &amp; expo in Westfield, Mass.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph2\">I have no problem with teaching children to shoot, it has to be done in a safe and responsible manner though. A 9-year-old shouldn&#8217;t be handling anything more potent than a .22. They simply don&#8217;t have the upper body strength to safely handle the recoil heavier firearms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph2\">My thoughts and prayers go out Mr. Vacca&#8217;s family and friends and to the young lady involved. One hopes she&#8217;ll able to put the trauma of what happened behind her some day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph2\"><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inquisitr.com\/1438430\/bullets-and-burgers-gun-range-closed-indefinitely-following-the-uzi-killing-of-instructor-by-girl\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Bullets And Burgers\u2019 Gun Range Closed Indefinitely Following The Uzi Killing Of Instructor By Girl<\/a> &#8211; Inquisitr.com<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2014\/08\/28\/instructor-killed-uzi-gun-range-concerns\/14725733\/\" target=\"_blank\">Range where instructor killed by girl drew concerns<\/a> &#8211; USA Today<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Time: A nine-year-old girl accidentally shot and killed a shooting range instructor in Arizona, police say. Charles Vacca, 39, was instructing the girl on how to use an automatic Uzi on Monday when the girl, who was accompanied by her parents, pulled the trigger and then lost control of the weapon, the Mohave County [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,52,53,963],"tags":[622,1352,725,1351],"class_list":{"0":"post-5672","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-culture","7":"category-guns","8":"category-second-amendment","9":"category-stuck-on-stupid","10":"tag-arizona","11":"tag-charles-vacca","12":"tag-shooting","13":"tag-uzi","14":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-1tu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4766,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/19\/12-year-old-girl-thwarts-home-invasion\/","url_meta":{"origin":5672,"position":0},"title":"12 Year Old Girl Thwarts Home Invasion","author":"Jeff","date":"October 19, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"From KWTV, News 9 Oklahoma: News9.com - Oklahoma City, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports | BRYAN COUNTY, Oklahoma - A 12-year-old girl took matters into her own hands during a home invasion in southeast Oklahoma. 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