Fun for the Whole Family: Restaurant, bar, grill. and a 9 year old accidentally killing a shooting instructor with an Uzi.

Even if supports gun rights, one might question the wisdom of having a bar at a gun range.  Alcohol and guns often mix badly.  Since a bar exists to serve alcohol, we might see it as inappropriate at a gun range.

This particular gun range at the Last Stop in White Hills, AZ, offers a chance to shoot automatic weapons among all the fun stuff such as 6 different ice cold beers on tap, burgers, RV parking, and even a "Bullets and Burgers" special.  Apparently, they even allow little bitty young girls to fire a powerful automatic weapon, an Uzi perhaps capable of firing 30 rounds per second.

Per freaking second!

One such little girl (pictured below), killed her instructor, the recoil proving too much for her to handle.

At least one expert found safety procedures at the Last Stop lacking:

Ronald Scott, a Phoenix-based firearms safety expert, said most shooting ranges have an age limit and strict safety rules when teaching children to shoot. He said instructors usually have their hands on guns when children are firing high-powered weapons.

"You can't give a 9-year-old an Uzi and expect her to control it," Scott said.  http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/charles-vacca-arizona-shooting-instructor-accidentally-  killed-by-9-year-old-girl-officials-say-1.9160517

My admiration for those who teach little children about gun rights holds second to no one.  My defense of the Bill of Rights extends to right to owning a firearm, found in the Second Amendment.  Nevertheless, stupid has no defense under the Constitution.  Accordingly, the National Rifle Association machine gun in every hand stance goes too far and leads to countless tragedies.

It just seems civil societies should set some reasonable restrictions on gun ownership, use, and even practice.  The average citizen ought to make do with a revolver or two for self defense and we ought to have some sort of competency test to own semi-automatic weapons such as an AR-15 or even more powerful weapons.

Daily, somewhere in this great country, some stupid head unintentionally kills someone.  People continually kill others because they violate the cardinal rules of responsible gun ownership.

One: do not, under ANY circumstances, point a weapon at someone unless you intend to kill that person. If people would follow that rule, it will save lives.  Who knows, that rule could save my life someday.

Second, always treat every weapon as loaded and able to kill or injure until you verify it as empty.  Always verify the weapon as unloaded and has no round in the chamber.  For an automatic, simply taking out the magazine might mean a round remains in the firing chamber.  Break open the breach to verify it as empty and manually clear the breach if loaded.

Lastly, never leave a round in the firing chamber if either an automatic or revolver weapon.  Guns go off even if they have a safety on,

Picture of little girl just before fatal shooting, the girl who will have

to live evermore with this tragic memory.

Grateful Dead: "Dire Wolf"

"....Please don't murder me..."

http://www.newsmax.com/US/girl-kills-shooting-instructor/2014/08/27/id/591130/

I Feel Safer Already

[Authorities in Prince George's and Anne Arundel counties have foiled what they believe would have been a mass shooting by a man who was about to be fired from his job, police sources tell ABC 7 News.

Law enforcement sources tell ABC 7's Brad Bell that the suspect, Neil Prescott, 28, was taken into custody in Crofton on Thursday night. According to officials, the man was facing termination from his job as a subcontractor for Pitney Bowes, the document, mailing and shipping company.

“I am a joker and I’m gonna load my guns and blow everybody up,” he allegedly said, according to documents.

He was also wearing a T-Shirt that said: "Guns don't kill people. I do," when authorities took him into custody. Prescott is being held for a psychiatric evaluation and charges are pending.]

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/07/colorado-theater-copycat-shooting-suspect-arrested-in-anne-arundel-county-78231.html

Mayors Against Illegal Guns: http://www.demandaplan.org/

Aurora, CO

The Agonist: Another Massacre in Land of Easy Guns

The Onion: http://www.theonion.com/articles/sadly-nation-knows-exactly-how-colorado-shootings,28857/

[It's time we had an adult conversation in this country about guns.

On January 17, 1989, a gunman in Stockton, California walked onto a playground and opened fire, killing 5 children and injuring 30 more.

On July 1, 1993, a gunman in San Francisco walked into a law office and opened fire, killing 8 and injuring 6.

On April 20, 1999, two gunmen in Columbine, Colorado walked into their high school and opened fire, killing 13 people and injuring 21 others.

On January 16, 2002, a gunman in Virginia walked into a law school and opened fire, killing 3 and injuring 3.

On July 8, 2003, a gunman in Mississippi walked into a factory and opened fire, killing 6 and injuring 8.

On March 21, 2005, a gunman in Minnesota walked into a high school and opened fire, killing 7 and injuring 5.

On November 20, 2005, a gunman in Tacoma walked into the mall and opened fire, injuring 6.

On March 25, 2006, a gunman in Seattle walked into a party and opened fire, killing 6 and injuring 2.

On February 12, 2007, a gunman in Utah walked into a mall and opened fire, killing 5 and injuring 4.

On April 16, 2007, a gunman in Virginia walked onto the Virginia Tech campus and opened fire, killing 32 people and wounding 17 others.

On December 5, 2007, a gunman in Nebraska walked into a mall and opened fire, killing 8 and injuring 4.

On December 9, 2007, a gunman in Colorado Springs walked onto a church parking lot and opened fire, killing 2 and wounding 3.

On February 7, 2008, a gunman in Missouri walked into a city council meeting and opened fire, killing 5 and wounding 2.

On February 14, 2008, a gunman in Illinois walked onto a college campus and opened fire, killing 5 and injuring 17.

On June 25, 2008, a gunman in Kentucky walked into a factory and opened fire, killing 5 and injuring 1.

On January 24, 2009, a gunman in Portland walked up to a nightclub and opened fire, killing 2 and injuring 7.

On March 29, 2009, a gunman in North Carolina walked into a retirement home and opened fire, killing 8 and injuring 2.

On August 4, 2009, a gunman in a suburb of Pittsburgh walked into a fitness club and opened fire, killing 3 and injuring 9.

On November 5, 2009, a gunman at Fort Hood in Texas walked into a medical center and opened fire, killing 13 and injuring 29.

On November 29, 2009, a gunman in Lakewood, Washington walked into a coffee shop and killed 4 police officers.

On January 7, 2010, a gunman in St Louis walked into a power plant and opened fire, killing 3 and injuring 6.

On January 12, 2010, a gunman in Georgia walked into a truck rental place and opened fire, killing 3 and injuring 2.

On February 12, 2010, a gunwoman in Alabama stood up in a college faculty meeting and opened fire, killing 3 and injuring 3.

On August 3, 2010, a gunman in Connecticut walked into a warehouse and opened fire, killing 8 and injuring 2.

On August 7, 2011, a gunman in Ohio broke into his girlfriend’s house and opened fire, killing 7 and injuring 1.

On September 6, 2011, a gunman in Nevada walked into a pancake restaurant and opened fire, killing 4 and injuring 7.

On October 5, 2011, a gunman in Cupertino, California walked into a quarry where people were working and opened fire, killing 3 and injuring 7.

Sadly, I could go on.

But the numbers don’t tell the stories. These were people. Rachel Scott was a 17-year-old aspiring writer and actress who wanted to change the world through small acts of kindness. Dave Sanders was a 47-year-old teacher and girls basketball coach who was shot and killed while trying to evacuate students. Cassie Bernall was hiding under a table praying. Jack Berman was a lawyer who founded a program to help homeless people find housing. John Scully died while shielding his newlywed wife with his own body. Drew Keriakedes and Joe Albanese were musicians with wicked senses of humor. Every one of the hundreds of people shot in the incidents I list above had dreams and aspirations, laughed and cried, had friends and neighbors and parents.

As a country, though, we have not had a real conversation about guns in many, many years. The National Rifle Association (NRA) threatens the career of any politician who so much as opens the conversation. As a consequence, our country has not discussed assault weapons – which have no use except killing large numbers of people in massacres like the ones I’ve listed.]

http://crooksandliars.com/darcy-burner/adult-conversation-about-guns