8 year old accidently shoots himself with an Uzi

You really think ceejay's I.Q goes as high as double digits? Remember, guys, don't engage in a battle of wits with this person. You' ll be fighting an unarmed man.

Those things are not meant to kill...idiot. Guns, machineguns et all ARE meant to kill.

You, in your crazed need for weapons, cannot comprehend what others perceive as a needless loss of life.

This should be considered murder...not an accident.

Contrary to the thrust of this article, 9mm Uzis really do not have much recoil.

An uzi seems to be a very powerful weapon that was designed to be an efficient killing machine.

Is there any other purpose to this weapon other than killing humans.

You can target practice with a less war like gun.

Why does an eight year old have to handle an uzi?

( I believe that by custom and usage, at this point I am supposed to call u an "idiot" )

Hmm, fishing poles are meant to kill? I am sure that fishermen everywhere will be shocked at this revelation.

"OmSigDAVID" wrote:

WoW! That thing [the 454] is a cannon...

I view it as a stupid cartridge and a stupid idea. Power wise it's like a 45/70 which is a stupid idea for a pistol altogether and it's a much shorter cartridge meaning more pressure than a 45/70, harder on barrels and components, more recoil, just generally stupid. There is nothing in North America which a single shot with heavy 44mag ammo won't kill and nothing in Africa which could get to you quickly enough that you'd have to kill it with a pistol which the 44 wouldn't kill. Near as I can tell it's a pure macho thing with no real use or utility.

"A Micro Uzi is made by and for the Israeli Armed Forces and is intended to meet the operational needs of Israeli Special Forces," Bennett said, noting the weapon has a rate of fire of 1,700 rounds per minute. "It is not a hunting weapon."

"OmSigDAVID" wrote:

People woud not be so eager to denounce,
vilify n condemn if a gun had not been involved.

Well of course not!

Guns are weapons for the purpose of killing & activities like horse riding, swimming in rivers or the sea & playing baseball are not!

"BillRM" wrote:

Having firearms within reach of adults at home is the same as having a few fire extinguishers within reach and for the same reason.

It's pathetic to see you attempt to offer this as "logic." The intent of fire extinguishers is not to maim or kill.

Second, it doesn't really matter if your wife shoots you or runs you down with the car....you are still dead. However, the gun was meant for killing. The car was not. At least that was not the purpose for which it was intended when it was created.

You simply have no logical basis for a comparison of a firearm, the intent of which is to cause gross bodily harm and possibly even death, and a fire extinguisher, the intent of which is to prevent gross bodily harm and death.

Total killed by motor vehicle accidents - 45,343
Total killed by guns, (murder, suicide, accidental, undetermined) - 33,946

It looks like cars are a hell of a lot safer than guns.

With automobiles, the mere possession of an automobile is not a basis upon which to assume that the person possessing that automobile will know how safely and effectively to operate the automobile. But with automobiles, you are required to demonstrate a minimum competence in order to obtain a license to operate the automobile, and that requirement is ubiquitous. There is no ubiquitous requirement that the owner of a firearm demonstrate the ability to safely and effectively operate the firearm.

Set and Terd could also bend over and we can test how lethal those fire extiguishers really are. Poofters.