Girl Kills Instructor With Uzi, NRA Tweets ‘7 Ways Children Can Have Fun At The Shooting Range’

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On August 25th, a 9-year-old?girl ?from ?New Jersey was able to visit an Arizona?gun range called “Bullets and Burgers” and check off an item that was reportedly on her bucket list: shooting a 9mm Uzi submachine gun. What definitely was not on her bucket list, however, was accidentally shooting instructor Chris Vaca dead.Vaca, 39, served in the army in Iraq and Afghanistan.

How does the NRA respond to a tragedy like this? They have to be shocked, right? One would think that they’d go into defense mode and begin posting content about safety, and accidents happening, etc…but no. NRA Women?tweeted this on Wednesday:

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The tweet was quickly taken down, but not before the screenshot was grabbed by Mother Jones reporter Mark Follam. The source article is still published, however. Here are some ways to keep kids from getting bored at the gun range:

  • Animal shaped targets –?handy for showing kids where the kill zone is on an animal!
  • Multi-colored targets –?bright colors appear upon impact and kids can play “C-H-A-M-P-I-O-N,” which is “similar to horse or pig played in basketball.”
  • Mutants and zombie targets –?good for “getting rid of the monsters from their nightmares.”
  • Biodegradable clay targets — kids will “enjoy watching it bust into pieces.”
  • Plinker targets — “children have fun watching little chickens, rabbits or other shapes fall or spin.”
  • Active targets — when the kids hit them, they “tumble, hop or jump.”
  • Exploding targets — “on the top of the fun list” because they go “BOOM.”
  • Veteran gun instructors — when you spray them with Uzis, they also bust into pieces, fall, spin, bounce, tumble, and hop! Very realistic — they bleed everywhere and actually die.

Yes, I added the last one. Am I being hard and cruel? Unkind? The antithesis of what a liberal is supposed to be? Will the conservatives condemn me for being so mean and graphic?

This is the real world, people. When you put an Uzi into a child’s hands, you’re entering real-world zone.

The child who killed Chris Vaca?is undoubtedly scarred for life. But hey, the bucket list, right? Am I insensitive? OK. I don’t mind being called insensitive. I think putting a military grade weapon into a child’s hands and saying “shoot!” is actually profoundly and dangerously?insensitive. If conservatives are going to be all badd-azz about putting guns into the hands of children, then they?can take the consequences of what comes with that — kids who kill.

It’s not the child’s fault, really. There’s the liberal in me talking and rationalizing it for the child’s sake. But she’ll pay for her entire life for the decisions and warped views of twisted adults. I guess that falls into the category of the conservative family value of personal responsibility and accountability, doesn’t it?

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Tiffany Willis is the founder and editor-in-chief of Liberal America. An unapologetic member of the Christian Left, she has spent most of her career actively working with ?the least of these? and disadvantaged and oppressed populations. She’s passionate about their struggles. To stay on top of topics she discusses,?like her?Facebook page,?follow her on Twitter, or?connect with her via LinkedIn. She also has?a?grossly neglected personal blog?and a?literary quotes blog that is a labor of love. Find her somewhere and join the discussion.

I found this at Liberaland and?Mother Jones grabbed the damning screenshot of the tweet.

I had a successful career actively working with at-risk youth, people struggling with poverty and unemployment, and disadvantaged and oppressed populations. In 2011, I made the decision to pursue my dreams and become a full-time writer. Connect with me on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.