9 year old – The Burning Platform

Should a 9 year old girl be firing an Uzi?

Should someone be faulted, or is it just a tragic accident?

The anti-gun liberal media are all over this story to push their Anti- Second Amendment agenda.

These images show the seconds before a nine-year girl accidentally shot her gun instructor dead on Monday.

Recorded at the Bullets and Burgers shooting range in White Hills, Arizona, the edited 22-second clip plays up to the point where the girl loses control of an Uzi, striking 39-year-old Charles Vacca.

The shocking recording taken by the girl’s parents and released by police shows Vacca standing closely next to the girl when the gun recoiled as she fired on full automatic mode.

As the clip unfolds, Vacca is seen to instruct the girl to hold the weapon with two hands at all times and to take a perpendicular stance to the target.

Then Vacca asks her to fire one shot for him, which she does.

Then, Vacca tells the girl to adjust her stance and squeeze the trigger to let off a volley, but something goes wrong when she fires a second time.

His last words to the girl are: ‘Alright, full auto.’

The girl loses her two-handed grip on the weapon and it pulls to her left, striking Vacca in the head.

Charles Vacca, a father and veteran from Lake Havasu City, Arizona, was airlifted to hospital on Monday morning after the little girl shot him but died that evening.

Mohave County Sheriff Jim McCabe said the full video of the incident was ‘ghastly’.

9-year-old girl accidentally kills shooting instructor with Uzi

First shot then pause: The nine-year-old fires one shot as instructed and then prepares to fire again (right) before the tragedy unfolded

He said that the girl had successfully fired the weapon several times before when it was set on ‘single shot’ mode.

However, the horrific accident unfolded in a split second when the Israeli made weapon was set to ‘full-automatic mode’ and caused Vacca his fatal injuries.

‘The guy just dropped,’ McCabe said of Vacca, who suffered more than one gunshot to the head.

McCabe told the Las Vegas Review Journal that no charges will be filed because Bullets and Burgers is licensed and legal as an operation.

Killed: Charles Vacca, pictured right, was accidentally shot in the head on Monday as he helped a nine-year-old girl handle a submachine gun at an Arizona shooting range. He passed away on Monday night

‘It’s so easy for us to go back and look at something that’s very tragic and say, ‘Boy! Why did that occur? That should not have happened because of,” said McCabe to Fox News.

‘Well, maybe from now on, that ‘because of’ will be in place.’

A spokeswoman with Mohave County Sheriff’s Office said they were shocked by the shooting.

‘This is a rarity for something like this to happen,’ the spokeswoman said to the LA Times.

Vacca was airlifted to University Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he died of his injuries around 9pm on Monday. An autopsy will now be carried out.

The nine-year-old girl, who has not been identified, was not injured. She was with her parents as they passed through the area on vacation from New Jersey.

The range operator at Bullets and Burgers told KLAS-TV he was shocked by the incident.

Veteran: Vacca, a staff sergeant, is pictured right with his best friend Robert Vera when they served

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‘We really don’t know what happened. Our guys are trained to basically hover over people when they’re shooting. 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,’ operator Sam Scarmardo said.

Social media was incredulous about the tragic accident, with most people posting comments as to why a nine-year-old was allowed to fire an automatic weapon.

Liz Matthews of the John Clayton Show on 710 ESPN in Seattle said, ‘A story involving a nine-year-old shooting an UZI at a place called Burgers and Bullets would have been appalling enough. Horrifying.’

Nikki Bateman simply asked, ‘why you’d even let a nine year old handle a gun in the first place?!’

Cameron Atfield directed his anger at the parents stating he ‘hoped the parents are charged.’

Friends paid tribute to Vacca, an army veteran and a married father, as a great friend and soldier on Facebook. Best friend Robert Vera said they often laughed so much that they couldn’t breathe.

Loss: Friends paid tribute to Vacca as a great friend, soldier and father who was always smiling

Another friend added: ‘A Soldier, a father, a mentor and a friend. SSG Charles Vacca will always be remembered with a smile and admiration.’

The incident occurred at the Arizona Last Stop, which is about 25 miles south of Las Vegas, the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office told AZFamily. It is home to a shooting range, Bullets and Burgers.

‘Our guests have the opportunity to fire a wide range of fully automatic machine guns and specialty weapons,’ its website states. ‘At our range, you can shoot FULL auto on our machine guns. Let ’em Rip!’

When contacted by MailOnline, staff at Bullets and Burgers would not comment on the incident and referred questions to a nearby gun emporium, but would not say whether or not they were affiliated.

Arizona gun laws require a person to be at least 18 years old to carry a firearm, but the laws do not apply on private property or if the minor is accompanied by a parent or a certified instructor.

Promotion: Bullets and Burgers proudly advertises their offer of a cheeseburger and the choice of 20 automatic weapons to fire at the Nevada range

Weapon: The girl was using an Uzi (file picture) when the recoil send the gun over her head, shooting Vacca

Scene: The tragedy unfolded at Bullets and Burgers, an activity center 25 miles south of Las Vegas

9-year-old boy boards plane at Minneapolis-St. Paul International airport without ticket

Published October 06, 2013

Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS – A 9-year-old runaway went through security, boarded a plane at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport without a ticket and flew to Las Vegas, an airport spokesman said Sunday.

Security officials screened the Minneapolis boy at the airport shortly after 10:30 a.m. Thursday after he arrived via light rail, Metropolitan Airports Commission spokesman Patrick Hogan said. The boy then boarded a Delta flight that left for Las Vegas at 11:15 a.m.

The flight was not full, Hogan said, and the flight crew became suspicious midflight because the boy was not on their list of unattended minors. The crew contacted Las Vegas police, who met them upon landing and transferred the boy to child protection services, Hogan said.

“It’s hard to piece anything together from his stories why he got on the flight and went to Las Vegas,” Hogan said.

Minneapolis police Sgt. Bill Palmer said officers talked to the family after Las Vegas police contacted them. A family member told police the boy ran away and was last seen earlier Thursday.

The boy had been at the airport on Wednesday as well, Hogan said. Video shows him grabbing a bag from the carousel and ordering lunch at a restaurant outside of the security checkpoints.

He ate and then told the server he had to use the bathroom. He left the bag and never returned to pay, Hogan said. Airport officials returned the bag to its owner.

Delta and the Transportation Security Administration said in separate statements that they were investigating.

Hennepin County Child Protection Services also was looking into it, Palmer said. County spokeswoman Carolyn Marinan said Sunday she couldn’t confirm or deny the agency’s involvement because the case involves a juvenile and data privacy issues.

The boy was expected to return to the Twin Cities, but Hogan didn’t know Sunday if that had happened yet.