well, it was bound to happen. second fatality in the history of organized machine gun shoots (first one was at knob creek several years ago ... home made mini gun mount failed and allowed the moving parts to strike the owner's daughter in the head).
plenty of kids have handled full-auto firearms with no problems before, but in this case i wouldn't be surprised if the kid was allowed to do a full 32 round mag dump when he should have been limited to bursts.
when you shoot a full auto subgun for the first time, you're going to experience muzzle climb. you're supposed to control it by gradually tightening up your stance and grip, and keeping your bursts short.
sounds like the poor kid lost control of the weapon and allowed the muzzle of the Uzi SMG (ordinarly a very controllable weapon in the hands of an adult) to point upward at his head.
whenever i introduce first timers to a subgun, i always limit the number of rounds in the first mag to a maxmium of six, until they get a feel for how the weapon handles. ESPECIALLY on an open-bolt subgun like an Uzi.
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