Gun Control Reform Activism

Stonepounder, if I'm thinking of the same incident, a nine-year-old girl was given a super compact stubby-barrel machine pistol to fire under the instructors supervision.

She was not generally familiar with guns and had never fired any machine gun before. She was a skinny kid, not strong like an adult man or woman (the kind of IDF (Israeli Defense Force) people that a micro-UZI machine pistol was designed for.)

She lost control of the machine gun, and the last few rounds in the burst hit the ibstructor in the head as he scrambled to try to help her regain control of the gun.

this tragic incident does not mean that nine-year-olds cannot be taught how to shoot firearms and that they should not be allowed to pick up, load, aim, and fire the guns themselves under direct and immediate supervision of a parent /coach.
But small heavy-recoiling machine gun would not be a suitable weapon for such a young and inexperienced person to shoot.