[Mee-n-Mac]

From what I read the child was supposed to be supervised and at the last moment the father left the firing line and took a few steps rearward to get his camera. The child then pulled the trigger and the gun climbed and twisted so as to shoot the child. Had the father been right there, on hand, as he was supposed to be the accident wouldn't have happened. Now I question whether an 8 yr old should be handling a loaded Uzi but I don't know the backgrounds here. A friend of mine took his child to the range and started him on .22s, rifle and revolver and graduated from there. I don't know this kids prior experience. I do know that leaving him there, gun loaded, not closely attended is stupid. In that respect it's like leaving a small child next to the open swimming pool while you duck back into the house to answer the phone. Probably 99% of the time nothing bad happens but ....

The problem lies not with the pool, or gun, but with the parent. Seems to me that we need more laws on who can be a parent. Would solve a boatload of these types of problems.