Should a 9 year old, under any circumstances, be legally allowed to fire an Uzi?

[CreekDog]

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[matt819]

1. Not only should a 9-year be legally allowed to fire an uzi. . .

I think all 9-year olds should be required to fire an uzi, maybe as part of the first week of school. And every school classroom should have an uzi, maybe in the teacher's desk drawer, just in case its needed to resolve differences.

And I also think vehicles should be modified to allow allow children to drive vehicles.

And smoke and drink.

And work. For half the minimum wage.

Just a thought.

[Fred Sanders]

10. Bazooka training should only begin with 10 year olds, I will give the gun haters that much.

We good?

Anything more restrictive would be taking away the rights of responsible gun owning parents and responsible gun range owners......so says the NRA, so say we all.......so say we all......so say we all....

[Iggo]

2. What if the Rooskies invade?

Didja ever think of that? Huh?

[pinboy3niner]

11. Mini Wolveriiines!

Brilliant!

[Iggo]

14. Grrr...

[randys1]

3. Should anyone in America be legally allowed to fire one outside of a well regulated militia?

[Cicada]

4. Perhaps only at NRA conventions.

[lunasun]

5. Hope no one tries to take away children's free dumb and constantushunal rights !!

[Lint Head]

6. I propose guns for fetuses.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

7. No. And anyone who wants to fire an Uzi should legally be considered a 9 year old.

[GeorgeGist]

8. 9 year old what?

kid, dog, frog, platypus, armadillo?

[CreekDog]

12. stupidest question in the thread

[Xyzse]

9. See, even if I think that is odd, there are families that do that. Competitive gun shooters do so.

Uzi though, I think is stupid.

When handling a weapon, any weapon or tool, one must have been taught adequate respect for it.

Yes, I'd probably say legally, it should not be banned, but it is not something that one goes to immediately.

A recreational place where any one could just do that? I think is ridiculous.

I handled a gun when I was a child, and was taught a healthy respect for it first.
The type where they just allow someone to shoot, without working their way towards it, is DUMB.

See, this can happen to people much older than 9. It just so happens that was the child's age. It could happen to a 13 year old, 18, 25, whatever. Yes, I have huge reservations on allowing a child use something like an Uzi. If someone can't handle the recoil, can't assume a proper stance, they have no business using such a thing. They are liable to hurt themselves and those around them.

I still think, registration, insurance, training is all key and should be required. It shows maturity, and the way things are right now, is criminally negligent.

It is like handing a kid bladed nunchucks and expecting them to use it without hurting themselves.
Dumb as heck. You allow them to use the padded ones first.

See, I have nothing against martial artists buying weapons and using them for practice. It is those "collectors" that buy, without a healthy respect for the tools that wave and show them off like morons that I have a problem with.

--So now that I think about it...
I don't think that they should make an outright ban on that, but to be allowed, they have to go through a heck of a lot of training and tests, to show that they can handle it.

[marions ghost]

13. In some countries you have to be at least 10

[hack89]

15. Gun tourism needs to be illegal too. Nt

[alphafemale]

16. Way too much gun for a kid.

You could mount it in something so they could still have some control and not have to hold against the kick.

But the point is....WHY?