Discussion: AZ. Gun Range Operator: Shooting An Uzi Was On 9-Year-Old's 'Bucket List'

system1 · August 28, 2014, 4:35pm

Discussion for article #226979

fargo116 · August 28, 2014, 5:08pm

He tried to take her gun, so she shot him.

What’s wrong with that?

pylon · August 28, 2014, 5:08pm

Bucket list? Poor choice of words.

doremus_jessup · August 28, 2014, 5:09pm

I watched that interview and almost fell out of my chair when he said they have first aid kits in case someone is injured.

forkedtongue · August 28, 2014, 5:11pm

How many 9-year-olds keep a “bucket list”?

fargo116 · August 28, 2014, 5:11pm

“This was a very mature young lady and something she wanted to do and her parents were treating her,” Scarmardo said. “You know this was a big, something that was high on her bucket list to do.”

On the instructor’s bucket list, not so much.

callmeeric · August 28, 2014, 5:11pm

I wonder what their liability insurance is like? Do you even need to carry insurance at a gun range, or are they a protected class of 2nd amendment based businesses?

chelsea530 · August 28, 2014, 5:12pm

He meant her parents’ “bucket list.”

Idiot.

coronakid · August 28, 2014, 5:13pm

Maybe 9 is a bit young for a bucket list. Maybe just because a 9 year old wants to shoot a machine gun they shouldn’t be allowed to? But then I am just an old fashioned guy who thought machine guns were illegal for the public to mess with.

Drea · August 28, 2014, 5:13pm

What the fuck is wrong with these people? Seriously!

Drea · August 28, 2014, 5:14pm

Well, if they don’t carry insurance, they’re idiots.

fargo116 · August 28, 2014, 5:14pm

Only the armed ones keeping our nation proud and free from shooting instructors.

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callmeeric · August 28, 2014, 5:14pm

Since children with guns are more likely to die prematurely maybe having a bucket list is a good idea.

underdog · August 28, 2014, 5:15pm

So he’s making plans for the future? Cool, but I’m pretty sure the lawsuit will bankrupt him, and if not, his insurance rates are going through the roof …

fargo116 · August 28, 2014, 5:15pm

Bullets and Burgers Adventure?

I can only imagine THEIR drive-thru.

progressiveoldman · August 28, 2014, 5:18pm

Fully automatic weapons, silencers, and other weapons like them are regulated, but not illegal. You have to get a special license from the BATF, pay a “fee” for each and every weapon or device (suppressor, etc) you build and/or buy.

The weapon used by the girl is owned by either the range or the owner of the range (no article says who), who paid the fees, got the license and now allows anyone with $$$ to shoot the weapon at his range.

The instructor SCREWED up and it cost him his life. He should have been controlling the weapon with his hand on TOP, not underneath. His own actions caused his death.

progressiveoldman · August 28, 2014, 5:20pm

Parents signed a waiver and the actions (or lack thereof) of the “instructor” is what allowed the accident to happen. The video is out there for all to see (cut short of the actual brains going all over the place).

The family of the “instructor” might find a lawyer to sue, but it will be a hard case to win with the video clearly showing the instructor didn’t control the weapon properly (Hand on TOP, not underneath).

avattoir · August 28, 2014, 5:22pm

Total MISCHOICE of entire concept. The idea of a “bucket list” is you’ve reached a point in life where you’re headed out to that pasture in the sky but first there’s a few things you’d like to try so you can report to St. Pete’s auditors WTF you did to justify your miserable otherwise pointless and wasted existence.

longtom · August 28, 2014, 5:22pm

Actually, it’s a good thing this guy was killed. Six years ago, an 8 year-old boy was given an Uzi to shoot at a Massachusetts gun club abd killed himself After such an incident, anybody handing a child such a weapon is a criminal. This guy was a tragedy in the making; we’re all lucky the tragedy happened to him and not to the little girl or anybody else. She’s suffering the trauma of being the innocent victim of his negligent stupidity, which is bad enough, but at least she’s alive.