WTF?
8 year old boy accidentally kills self at gun show
Reading this story made me sick.
Also, I did not know that "It is legal for children to fire a weapon if they have permission from a parent or legal guardian and are supervised by a properly certified and licensed instructor". Seriously? Really? That is SO fucked up. It's not legal for an 8 year old to drive a car. It's not legal for an 8 year old to drink. But it's perfectly legal for an 8 year old to go down to the local gun show and shoot an Uzi submachine gun.
But that's just the tip of the iceberg on gun ownership and operation laws in this country. I have so, so many problems with this on so many levels.
"The boy lost control of the weapon while firing it". No frickin' kidding. I would lose control of the weapon too upon firing, I'm sure, and I'm a full grown adult. He was EIGHT. Where's the parent's judgement? Forget about judgement, even. Where's the basic logic?
Not to mention what's the lesson that was intended by allowing the kid to fire the gun?
I'm too disgusted and depressed to get into all the other stuff I'm thinking about this.
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