Thursday, August 28, 2014

Quick Note: The NRA's Callousness on Full Auto

On Monday, a 9 year-old girl accidentally killed her shooting instructor when she couldn't control the kickback on an Uzi after the instructor set it to full auto.  

The media exploded with all the obvious questions: Why is a 9 year-old even holding an Uzi? Why isn't there a minimum age for handling military type weapons?  What were these parents thinking? What made the instructor think a 9 year-old girl could control such a weapon?

On Wednesday, while the two families involved in this tragedy were dealing with their new reality--one family lost its father and husband and the other must deal with a child who will live with this memory for the rest of her life--an official with the NRA using the Twitter handle @NRAWomen tweeted this gem:


I am beyond words.

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