Trainers of nine years one shot: Accident on shooting range heats debate up about gun law

A of nine years one in Arizona shoots down its shooting teacher with a Uzi, now holds actually are obvious thought introduction into the US-Waffendabette: It is not supposed a good idea, if children with submachine guns are busy.


Phoenix - after the accident on a shooting range in Arizona, with whom a girl of nine years killed inadvertently its trainer, the debate about the gun law took up trip again in the USA. Many Americans place themselves the obvious question whether it is a good idea to let small children with automatic weapons shoot.

The 39-year old trainers Charles Vacca had succumbed on Monday evening in a hospital in of Las Vegas his heavy head injuries, after of a nine years one had shot by mistake with a submachine gun at him. According to police the child was in company of his parents, when it came to the accident. Video recordings, which were published on Wednesday by the police, show the last moments before the accident. To see is tried, like a girl with plait and pink shorts to come to the black silhouette of humans on a target. It holds a Uzi in the hand, while the trainer explains it, how the weapon is to be handled. The child fires once, then activate the shooting teacher the automatic mode. The girl fires a salvo and one recognizes that the weapon deflects to the left by the force of the setback. The actual fatal shot is not to be seen in the film. The police holds the names of the girl and its family under catch. According to the public prosecutor's office no accusation is to be raised in the case. No failure is to be accused to parents, since they would have relied on the expert's assessment of the trainer. The child could not estimate the danger anyway. Many Americans a relaxed relationship to firearms have relaxed relationship to firearms traditional. That is valid also for children and young people, who come completely naturally with pistols and rifles into contact - particularly into rural regions, approximately in the context of a first hunt with parents. The fact that a primary school pupil with Uzi in the hand represents another dimension in addition, understands many Americans. It was inconsiderate recklessly and to let a little girl with so a weapon shoot said Gerry Hills, Gründerin of the group of “Arizonans for Gun Safety”. It demanded sharper rules regarding children and firearms. “We have better safety standards for it, who may drive it in a recreational park roller coaster”, said. “I can recognize simply no possible reason, to touch why one should permit of a nine years one, a Uzi.” Lindsey Zwicker of the anti-weapon lobby group of “Law center ton of Prevent Gun Violence” marked, after a comparable incident in the northeast of the USA the Federal State Connecticut had forbidden automatic weapons on shooting ranges for children by law under 16 years. “With so a regulation one can prevent that such an ill-luck said itself repetitive”, it.

But there is also different one, more liberal voices. Thus it keeps according to their own statements not compelling Waffen-Aktivist Dave Workman for dangerous, if children with submachine guns shoot - provided, an accordingly trained adult helps them and holds the weapon. This did not happen with the incident in Arizone possibly, suggested the spokesman of the “Citizens Committee for the right ton of Keep and Bear of arm”. According to SAM Scarmardo, which operators of the accident shooting range south of Las Vegas, had parents of the child an explanation over the safety rules of the plant signed. They were in the proximity and the incident filmed. “I regret that we permitted a shooting to this child, and I regret that Charlie was killed”, said Scarmardo. He does not know, what went wrong concretely. The victim was Army veteran, with employment experience in Iraq and in Afghanistan. So far children may fire weapons starting from eight years under supervision on the shooting range. According to Scarmardo this rule is usual in the industry. It will now however consider, said it.