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NYC_SKP

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3. Was there with her parents, which makes sense.

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 25, 2014, 10:47 PM

Aug 2014

I mean I don't think such a young person could be there otherwise.

But this suggests to me that more than one adult was negligent.

Damn.

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9-year-old girl accidentally shoots instructor in Arizona [View all] TexasTowelie Aug 2014 OP

So, was this her first time at the range? In_The_Wind Aug 2014 #1

You might need to ask Kali that question. TexasTowelie Aug 2014 #2

I thought the first lesson was about gun safety: Don't point it at anyone. In_The_Wind Aug 2014 #4

Was there with her parents, which makes sense. NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #3

Yup. Someone wasn't paying attention. In_The_Wind Aug 2014 #5

Could it have been a richocet? exboyfil Aug 2014 #6

I disagree - we five grandchildren had a Daisy air rifle that we shared, nice walnut stock, etc Hestia Aug 2014 #7

What do you disagree with? exboyfil Aug 2014 #8

It was a freaking Uzi exboyfil Aug 2014 #9

instructing her on how to use an automatic Uzi Ptah Aug 2014 #10

Live by the sword, die by the sword mwrguy Aug 2014 #11

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