Charles Vacca and his family in happier times.
A gun range where an instructor was accidentally shot and killed by a child this week has closed indefinitely.
Charles Vacca, 39, died Monday after he was shot in the head when an Uzi automatic jerked out of the hands of a 9-year-old girl he was teaching at Arizona Last Stop’s range in White Hills, Mohave County.
The range closed after the shooting but customers were still showing up two days later, according to a local news report.
Manager Sam Scarmardo said the site’s policies of allowing children 8 and older to shoot under adult supervision were under review.
Gun safety instructor Craig Cox said it’s hard to know if the girl could have handled the weapon at her age.I’m going to disagree with Mr. Cox.
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I have much sympathy for Vacca's children and much more for the girl involved. The trauma she witnessed will be with her a long time.
ReplyDeleteMy personal opinion and we all know how they smell, is trust NOBODY. Just because a guy, or girl, is a Vet, so what? Just because a guy works at a gun shop? So do lots of idiots at Walmart gun counters. Firearms are killing machines, cold, non living machines without feelings. They are only as smart as the operator. Sounds mean but I'd rather the "instructor" be dead than the young girl or someone else. No telling how many people were or could've been standing around her parents. I'll never take my kids anywhere like that.
the "instructor" be dead than the young girl or someone else.
DeleteThere is certainly no one else at fault.