An instructor at a shooting range in Arizona died Monday after a 9-year-old girl accidentally shot him in the head with an Uzi he was showing her how to use, the Mohave County Sheriffs Office said.
Charles Vacca, 39, of Lake Havasu City was shot Monday morning, airlifted to a medical center in Las Vegas and pronounced dead shortly before 9 p.m., the sheriffs office said.
Vacca was working at the Bullets and Burgers outdoor range in White Hills, about 60 miles southeast of Las Vegas, when the accident occurred. The girl and her parents were at the range while on vacation, a sheriffs spokeswoman told the Los Angeles Times.
He was standing next to the girl, instructing her how to use the Uzi, when she pulled the guns trigger and the recoil sent the weapon over her head, causing him to be shot, the sheriffs office said.
This is a rarity for something like this to happen, the spokeswoman said.
In 2008, 8-year-old Christopher Bizilj died in a similar accident at a gun expo in Massachusetts. The boy was firing an Uzi at a pumpkin when the recoil caused him to lose control of the weapon, and he fatally shot himself in the head.
“This is a rarity for something like this to happen,” the spokeswoman said.
In 2008, 8-year-old Christopher Bizilj died in a similar accident at a gun expo in Massachusetts. The boy was firing an Uzi at a pumpkin when the recoil caused him to lose control of the weapon, and he fatally shot himself in the head.
She hit, but Darwin missed.
I'd say there oughta be a law, but unless we're going to start gassing stupid people there's really only so much that can be done.
I have to wonder what went through that instructor's head, though, that made them think that would be a good idea.
She had already fired the UZI successfully several times in semi-auto, apparently.
So they thought it was okay for her to try auto...
However, my recollection is that it takes an effort for an adult to keep an UZI under control on automatic.
All the gun ranges I've gone to here in TX do not allow for fully auto settings. They will even yell at you for rapidly firing semi-automatic weapons.
insert verb hereThat poor 9 year old girl. Now she has to live with the trauma of accidentally
someone the rest of her life.
I'd say Darwin identified the problem gene fairly accurately.She hit, but Darwin missed.