Gun Show Death Verdict

[PaulS]

Wasn't one of the charges something like allowing someone under 12??? to fire a gun??? If so, he should have been guilty on that charge. On the main charge - innocent. Feel very sorry for the father and family.

[fishpoopoo]

i have two very good shooting buddies who were right behind the poor kid when it happened.

based on what i have heard, the father was (allegedly) being a gigantic tool and (allegedly) pushed his kid into risk-taking activities.

the father (allegedly) encouraged his son to specifically fire a full size uzi ... when the full size uzi was not available, the micro-uzi was (allegedly) selected.

for anyone who has fired full auto subguns, smg's with high cyclic rates creep up and need to be controlled. the kid apparently did not have the proper stance, grip, and placement of the stock on the shoulder required to manage what can be a difficult to control subgun.

i have also heard that the father (allegedly) had to be told to get off the damn berm in front of the firing line several times while attempting to photograph his son.

after he was shot in the head, the kid was out. his dad is a doc and was (reportedly) too freaked out to render aid. while waiting for an ambulance, the kid woke up and started crying.

ems arrived, but kid died at the hospital when inevitable brain swelling occurred.

as a father, this makes me so angry. a good deal of the responsibility for this lies with the father.

the so-called "range officer" supervising the kid was a teenager, but he was apparently an experienced shooter. nonetheless an adult should have been supervising the child.

irresponsible dad.

poor choice of subgun.

improper supervision.

bad outcome.

[Swimmer]

Originally Posted by PaulS

Wasn't one of the charges something like allowing someone under 12??? to fire a gun??? If so, he should have been guilty on that charge. On the main charge - innocent. Feel very sorry for the father and family.

No such charge, when shooting at a gun club.

[PaulS]

Originally Posted by Swimmer

No such charge, when shooting at a gun club.

SPRINGFIELD — Massachusetts prosecutors have dropped involuntary manslaughter charges against two men in connection with the death of an 8-year-old boy who shot himself with an Uzi, after a third defendant was acquitted last week.

A clerk at Hampden Superior Court in Springfield says motions to drop the charges were filed Tuesday in the cases of Domenico Spano of New Milford, Conn., and Carl Giuffre of West Hartford, Conn.

Christopher Bizilj of Ashford died in October 2008 after an Uzi submachine gun he was firing kicked back and shot him in the head at a gun fair in Westfield. Authorities said Spano and Giuffre brought machine guns to the event.

A jury on Friday acquitted former Pelham, Mass., Police Chief Edward Fleury of involuntary manslaughter and furnishing machine guns to minors. Fleury organized the gun fair.