Funny enough, I’d agree if they were being nice. Most pistols are too much for me; I have absolutely no wrist control. Shotguns, though? Gimme. And one glorious afternoon in Vegas I got to fire an MP5K which was sooooooo sweeeeeeet…I can’t even tell you. If that is a girl gun, I am all for it!
billfish, 
“Accident” is too generous. “Accident” is when circumstances arise that could not reasonably be foreseen or prevented.
What this guy did is the textbook definition of “negligent discharge.”
This anecdote in the context of this thread made me think back to the poor kid whose Dad gave him the Uzi to shoot at a gun range.
Remember, the average person has an IQ of 100. It’s just not reasonable to expect the population at large to be able to capably handle firearms.
Given that failing to attend sufficiently to foreseeable risks is negligence, and given that we can be guaranteed that people are going to continue to shoot themselves and their children with their firearms, it is negligence on our part to continue to allow this to happen.
So you shot this guy’s kid?:eek:
I agree, so why aren’t we insisting on training and education and classes? Why do we still think everyone and anyone should have a gun, no questions asked? Riiiiight.
What happened to the kid? I promise you, I did not shoot anyone or anything but the targets. :eek: But the rangemasters there were very competent and nice and constantly observant…when you are firing these weapons they are with you every step of the way. I wish all of them were like that.
As might be anticipated, he was not strong enough to handle the recoil and the gun flipped over. He shot himself in the head and died.
There’s a video of it, at least of his dad setting him up with the weapon.. Unlike others who happily link to videos of gun incidents, I will not. It makes me sad and sick, even if I’ve not seen the conclusion.
I don’t want to watch the video. I can’t even watch the videos that are posted of real US soldiers, going into real battle, getting shot at. 
Even if I am told ahead of time no one dies. Those are real people out there, fighting.
Poor kid. I can see how dad might have thought he was being the Cool Dad by letting his kid fire a gun that was way too big for him, but look at what happened.
Apparently, a Mr. Mackey reference isn’t as relevant as it once was. Now I feel a little old.
Let’s assume for just a moment that maybe this guy is already torn with grief over having accidentally shot and killed his son. I think piling insults and wishes for additional torment on top of that, as the OP did, is in incredibly poor taste. YMMV.
Ouch… My papa played a funny prank on me, many many many years ago. He had a sweet little over-and-under .22/.410. Little bitty .22 rifle on top, nice .410 shotgun beneath.
He took me out to an embankment, taught me how to lean into the recoil, and let me shoot. The .22 went pop. Okay, I think I got it… He switched to the .410, and the recoil knocked me right over on my ass.
He thought it was funny…
It would be nice if everyone thought that way; however…
Dude shot his son in the face. Any insults and wishes for additional torment that could possibly be heaped upon him are less than he deserves.
A friend of my dad did the same sort of prank with me. I target shot a .22, he then loaded up a 12 gauge with a sawn off barrel and told me it had the same recoil. Put ten year old me on my ass.
Let’s be clear. I’m not accusing the OP of celebrating the death of the child.
What he appears to be celebrating is the suffering and ruined life of the father.
This is exactly right. Firearms do NOT operate themselves. If you shoot someone it is because something that you did violates at least one of the Four Rules. There are no “accidents”, only negligence.
You think “oh, that poor, poor, man” is a more appropriate response than outrage? The kid didn’t just up and die: his father killed him. And it’s not like he was backing out of the garage and the kid jumped out of his hiding spot in the bushes and got run over. The man took a loaded gun, pointed it at his kid’s head, and pulled the fucking trigger.
I will be satisifed if, years from now, I see this guy on TV doing public service announcements: “Don’t kill your kid like I did. Take a firearm safety course and follow the rules for responsible firearms ownership.”
1: Treat every weapon as if it were loaded.
2: Only point the barrel at things you want to kill.
3: Finger off the trigger until you’re ready to fire.
4: Know what’s around and behind your target.
4 simple rules of gun safety. They really aren’t hard.
Reminds me of my brother, when we went to visit Disneyland. Some of us thought it would be good to formulate a plan of where we should meet up in case we got lost.
His reaction: just don’t get lost!
Simple rule. The problem is that reality dictates which rules are simple. Everyone follows the rules right up until they don’t.
You know, it isn’t, actually, quite so simple and easy as all that. In Afghanistan, there were negligent discharges ALL the time, amongst people who regularly received firearms training, and who’s jobs included handling firearms, and most of those were during the cleaning process. (side note: this is why my personal M9 sat in its holster for 6 months…yeah, it was filthy when I turned it in, but I never shot anyone with it.) Every once in a while someone got shot, and very rarely, someone would get killed. If it can happen to them, it can happen to pretty much anyone.
This man is no doubt in a world of grief and guilt right now that we can’t even fathom. I have nothing but sympathy for him.
Google accidental discharge and remington 700.
This is why you must always exercise muzzle discipline.
Guns can be defective like any other product. I forget which gun it was but there was a gun that could fire when you disnegaged the safety.
If only someone had mentioned gun safety to this dad…