Gun Instructor Killed in Accident

DOLAN SPRINGS, Ariz. (AP) -- A 9-year-old girl accidentally killed an Arizona shooting instructor as he was showing her how to use an automatic Uzi, authorities said Tuesday. Charles Vacca, 39, of Lake Havasu City, died Monday shortly after being airlifted to University Medical Center in Las Vegas, Mohave County sheriff's officials said. Vacca was standing next to the girl at the Last Stop outdoor shooting range in White Hills when she pulled the trigger and the recoil sent the gun over her head, investigators said. Authorities said the girl was at the shooting range with her parents. Her name was not released. A woman who answered the phone at the shooting range said it had no comment. She did not provide her name. It is not known if the range had an age limit on shooting or if the girl was going through a safety class. Ronald Scott, a Phoenix-based firearms safety expert, said most shooting ranges have an age limit and strict safety rules when teaching children to shoot. He said instructors usually have their hands on guns when children are firing high-powered weapons."You can't give a 9-year-old an Uzi and expect her to control it," Scott said.

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It is her damn right to shoot a gun and nobody is gonna take that way

stupid little bitch. be more careful next time.

She should never have had such a thing in her hands. The recoil is enough for a full grown adult; no thing for a little girl to be handling under any circumstances.

You live by the sword....

VTA said:

She should never have had such a thing in her hands. The recoil is enough for a full grown adult; no thing for a little girl to be handling under any circumstances.

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And the instructor should definitely know that.

In the video it looks like he let her squeeze off one shot in manual, then clicked it to full auto.

Life is hard. Even harder when you're stupid.

Just a shame she didn't take her parents out also. Giving a 9 year old an Uzi? Retarded.

I want to imagine that it wasn't the recoil of the Uzi that caused it.. Instead, he was standing down range with a beer bottle on his head.

Likely one of the dumbest ways to die.

Now this girls gonna be a wreck for the rest of her life.

"I'll teach you how to shoot. Sure, probably start off with something nice and tame like an Uzi and just work our way up from there".

That's the same gun that took out all those terrorists in True Lies when Jamie Lee Curtis Dropped it down the stairs