Westfield trial

[Gary P]

o.k. someone fill me in. Why is the guy who sponsored the event where that kid shot himself in the head with an Uzi being charged with murder or manslaughter? I just don't get it? he wasn't even there?? What am I missing? What about charging the person who handed this kid an Uzi? I don't care if it was his Dad or Uncle or dad's friend?? what am I missing?? When this first happened, I saw some video of the event and I could pick out at least 10 safety issues I would never have let go on. I saw ricochets landing with 30 ft of the roped off areas, I saw a ton of people not properly handling weopons and many times having them pointing at other people in the crowd! Is it o.k. to fire fully automatics at these events?

[fisker24/7]

well who owns the guns they should be charged they are suppose to bee in charge of their firearms at all times and who ever gave the kid the gun should be charged too not the person that held the event

[anonymous]

its terrible the way people use guns these days, they treat them like toys. when i was growing up my father would have sent me across the the room/woods if ever had the barrel of a gun anywhere but up, down, or at my target, and it would have happened so fast that i wouldn't have even realized i was doing it yet. I've had gun safety drilled into me so hard that even when i pick up my own guns the first thing i do is check to see if they're loaded even if I'm positive i put them away unloaded. i guess you just cant stop stupid.

[IMPACT]

This whole country is lost because of **** like this.

Just like a guy breaks into your house. Gets bitten by your dog and you get sued and lose wtf...

[JEEPSW1]

I have a friend that was 2 lanes away whn it happend. he can't say much, as he is being suppeaned in the trial, but by the small amont he has told me, the kid did not want to shoot the uzi, and his Father was being very persistant that he did.

While a gun like that should never had been put in a 8 year old kids hands, the father is just as negligent by letting, and by all accounts i've heard, forcing his kid to shoot this gun.

[swampyankee]

The dad is a well educated man, unfortunatley he has no common sense. I feel terrible for all involved. The fact that a teen aged kid was on the firing line as the range officer should have clued everyone that this was not a safely run event. As a dad of a 7 year old I know I wouldn't let my son anywhere near that firing line. I've started him with a bb gun, with me on him like a hawk. Safety, Safety, Safety. Then a .22 then as he grows in size and skill we will move on. I guess it is hard for me to grasp why you would allow a little kid to fire a micro uzi. Would you let him use a chainsaw, framing gun, a lighter? I guess I understand trying this former chief, He was making $ on this event, but he certainly isn't the only one responsible. A sad day for all.

[Gary P]

yeh, o.k. charge him with some crime relating to the mishandling of the event and failing to provide adequate safety measures, child endangerment or whatever the LAW dictates, but NOT murder of manslaughter!

[Gary P]

is the father or owner of the gun even being charged?

[fisker24/7]

is the father or owner of the gun even being charged?

i don'tthink so but they should

[swampyankee]

I hear you loud and and clear Gary. I don't think the dad is being charged. But really how could you punish the guy anymore. I do wonder if the dad is suing the club or event people in civil court.

[Gary P]

He better not, he gave his kid a frickin UZI! I know he will be punished everyt day for the rest of his life and I don't wish that on anyone. He paid the ultimate price in losing son but this is like saying you can go back to the gun shop owner who sold a guy a gun who killed someone,it is now the gun shop owners fault? That's not justice at all!

[bsdb420]

lets say the dad is an a hole to let anyone give his son a gun like this and tape it he should of been there getting taped holding the gun with his little one and this all would be not going on and ya if the owner of the guns should be talked to but its the parents that r in charge till the child is 18 the dad is the 1st one that should have cuffs on and go down the the line from there where is the states dss now i have an 8 yr old now way he would be shooting anything like this when he shoots the 22 i put my self behind him with my hand on his to help my self make sure he will be ok and ya the parents payed the alltimate price very sad thing