A nine year-old girl in the US has killed her shooting instructor by accident while being shown how to use a high-powered submachine gun.<\/p>\n
The instructor was giving the girl a lesson at a shooting range in Arizona when the recoil from the automatic fire caused her to lose control of the Uzi.<\/p>\n
Charles Vacca, 39, was shot in the head and died after being airlifted to a hospital in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
The girl was at the shooting range with her parents, who filmed the lesson.<\/p>\n
The footage shows the instructor coaching her as she fires a single shot at a target at the Last Stop shooting range in White Hills, Arizona.<\/p>\n
The Uzi then appears to be switched to automatic as the girl pulls the trigger and loses her grip of the weapon.<\/p>\n
The video, edited and released by the Mojave County Sheriff’s office, ends abruptly before the instructor is shot.<\/p>\n
The website of the shooting range, called Bullets and Burgers, says children aged eight and older can shoot a weapon if they are accompanied by a parent.<\/p>\n
Range operator Sam Scarmardo told Klas TV that they had never had an incident in the 12 years it has been open.<\/p>\n
“We really don’t know what happened. Our guys are trained to basically hover over people when they’re shooting,” he said.<\/p>\n
“If they’re shooting right-handed, we have our right-hand behind them ready to push the weapon out of the way. And if they’re left-handed, the same thing.”<\/p>\n
Correspondents say it is common in parts of the US for children to be taught how to use firearms.<\/p>\n
Many firing ranges have strict safety rules on instructing children.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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