# 8 year kills self with an Uzi. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 27, 2008, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-year-kills-self-with-an-uzi/57158 "2008-10-27T12:02:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StrokedZ28](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/strokedz28/32/7592_2.png) [@StrokedZ28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/StrokedZ28)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-year-kills-self-with-an-uzi/57158/1 "2008-10-27T12:02:55Z")
What idiot allows an 8 year old to fire an automatic weapon? Are you fucking serious? 8 year olds can barely swing a baseball bat let alone handle an Uzi. While I understand its legal to fire a firearm with parental permission, common sense should have told the parent and the gun owner that this would not be safe. > **[Boy, 8, accidentally kills self at gun show](http://www.nbcnews.com/id/27399337/)** > > An 8-year-old boy died after accidentally shooting himself in the head while firing an Uzi submachine gun under adult supervision at a gun fair. ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-year-kills-self-with-an-uzi/57158/2 "2008-10-27T12:03:25Z")
fucking great ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-year-kills-self-with-an-uzi/57158/3 "2008-10-27T12:05:40Z")
YAY! Darwin scores another point! :picard: ---
**Author:** ![MOBOOST4U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-year-kills-self-with-an-uzi/57158/4 "2008-10-27T12:08:59Z")
If he had an uzi in hand at 8, he never had a chance past 10 anyways. Great parenting! ---
**Author:** ![BooSting](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b19c9b/32.png) [@BooSting](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BooSting)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-year-kills-self-with-an-uzi/57158/5 "2008-10-27T12:23:00Z")
> [@Clean Baldy](#): > > YAY! Darwin scores another point! > > :picard: No, Darwin missed. Parent should’ve been taken out. ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-year-kills-self-with-an-uzi/57158/6 "2008-10-27T12:27:28Z")
both ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-year-kills-self-with-an-uzi/57158/7 "2008-10-27T12:29:25Z")
The sad thing is that teh father is some director at a hospital… so its not like he is some dumb redneck… can you think the mother will ever forgive the father for this? ---
**Author:** ![upstateclipse](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/upstateclipse/32/7348_2.png) [@upstateclipse](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/upstateclipse)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-year-kills-self-with-an-uzi/57158/8 "2008-10-27T12:33:25Z")
wow… I got to shoot my first 22 at around 10/11, i can’t imagine being 8 with an assault gun. ---
**Author:** ![micah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/micah/32/7257_2.png) [@micah](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/micah)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-year-kills-self-with-an-uzi/57158/9 "2008-10-27T12:34:14Z")
HORRIBLE FATHER ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 12:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-year-kills-self-with-an-uzi/57158/10 "2008-10-27T12:58:22Z")
Man, what a shame :tdown: I feel bad for everyone involved. Accidents happen, even in a “safe” environment. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-year-kills-self-with-an-uzi/57158/11 "2008-10-27T13:06:26Z")
> [@Viper966](#): > > The sad thing is that teh father is some director at a hospital… so its not like he is some dumb redneck… can you think the mother will ever forgive the father for this? marriage is over. ---
**Author:** ![sureshot007](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot007/32/7345_2.png) [@sureshot007](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot007)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-year-kills-self-with-an-uzi/57158/12 "2008-10-27T13:09:57Z")
This is no “accident”. This is just stupidity, plain and simple. The father, director of the ER at a local hospital (which means he shouldn’t be an idiot, and has seen gun shot wounds first hand), the range officer, whom should be trained in firearm safety, and the range director, whom should always be looking out to minimize range liability - they were all present. Not one of them said, “Hey, maybe letting a child shoot a gun that has enough recoil to get out of control is a bad idea.” Anyone that has fired an automatic firearm will tell you that the muzzle climbs as you fire it. Anyone on that firing line had to know it (except for the child). This sort of thing really angers me, because it gives anti gun nuts something to harp about. ---
**Author:** ![mike125k](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mike125k/32/7282_2.png) [@mike125k](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mike125k)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-year-kills-self-with-an-uzi/57158/13 "2008-10-27T13:10:32Z")
I was around 10 I think when I got to fire a .22 rifle for the first time. I can’t imagine shooting a handgun, let alone hard to handle handgun, LET ALONE a fully automatic, hard to handle handgun when I was 8! Father is a retard. Poor kid. ---
**Author:** ![mechanicalmadness](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mechanicalmadness/32/5022_2.png) [@mechanicalmadness](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mechanicalmadness)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-year-kills-self-with-an-uzi/57158/14 "2008-10-27T13:16:08Z")
> [@Dr.Stevil](#): > > Man, what a shame :tdown: I feel bad for everyone involved. > > Accidents happen, even in a “safe” environment. Safe environment? They were at a gun show/range/expo whatever. While i do agree that it was beyond stupid i dont agree the father was a dumb ass. Careless, and uneducated about the dangers of firearm misuse? Damn skippy. Having lived most of my younger years with a father who’s hobby was firearms I have fired quite a few. If memory serves I fired my first .22 at 7 and it all went up in size from there. ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-year-kills-self-with-an-uzi/57158/15 "2008-10-27T13:16:46Z")
Uzis, if it is an actual Uzi, have notoriously bad bouts of barrel climb, especially in the snub barrel versions. High cyclic rate + short weapon + midmounted pistol grip x 8 y/o boy… ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-year-kills-self-with-an-uzi/57158/16 "2008-10-27T13:17:26Z")
shitty and sad. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-year-kills-self-with-an-uzi/57158/17 "2008-10-27T13:18:44Z")
> [@mechanicalmadness](#): > > Safe environment? They were at a gun show/range/expo whatever. well, more so than uncle charlies cablin where dad and all the guys are working on their 30th beer lol ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-year-kills-self-with-an-uzi/57158/18 "2008-10-27T13:20:28Z")
i remember shooting pellet guns when i was 10 and thinking it had a lot of kick i remember shooting a 20 gauge side by side a few months ago and thinking it had a ton of kick why in gods name would you let your 8 year old shoot an uzi? a .22 maybe… but wtf ---
**Author:** ![turbociv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@turbociv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbociv)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-year-kills-self-with-an-uzi/57158/19 "2008-10-27T13:27:14Z")
I dont see what the big deal is here. I fired my first uzi when i was 6. :roll: ---
**Author:** ![layzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/layzie/32/7599_2.png) [@layzie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/layzie)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-year-kills-self-with-an-uzi/57158/20 "2008-10-27T13:27:34Z")
i thought full automatic guns were illegal? maybe i am wrong but i cant see it being legal for a full automatic uzi to be used by a minor. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-year-kills-self-with-an-uzi/57158.md?page=2)