Act of sheer stupidity kills boy!
A BOY of eight died after shooting himself in the head with an Uzi sub-machine gun.
Christopher Bizilj was aiming at a pumpkin at a gun fair when the weapon’s recoil forced it to jerk upwards — sending a bullet into his skull.
His distraught dad Charles admitted last night: “I gave permission for him to fire.”
He went on: “I watched several other children and adults use the Uzi. It’s a small weapon, and Christopher was comfortable with guns. There were larger machine guns with more recoil, and we avoided those.”
Christopher died in hospital. His dad, a hospital medical director, said his son had previous experience firing handguns, but had never fired an automatic weapon before.
Dr Bizilj added: “Christopher will be sorely, sorely missed. My son was very cautious, very well trained, and very much enjoyed firing.”
He said the family were coming to terms with Sunday’s incident in Westfield, Massachusetts, which he described as “a terrible accident”.
It is legal in America for children to fire a weapon if they have parental permission.
Although police called it a “self-inflicted accidental shooting”, officers are investigating.
Charges
But it is believed to be unlikely that any charges will follow.
I knew hospitals is were people go to die! Stay away, eat apples ;)
A fool and his money are soon parted.
-Thomas Tusser
SOuthland its qouted his dad is "a hospital medical director."
Did the article list the father as "Dr."?
A fool and his money are soon parted.
-Thomas Tusser
britexpat said We'll get the same old excuse from the gun lobby ... ...
"Guns don't kill people, people kill people"
Brit what other excuse is there for it? The gun jumped into the kids arms and decided to shoot the boy? I also beleive guns dont kill people, people kill people.
Why would you take an 8 year old to a gun fair, did they run out of fun things to do with their kids, let alone let him use one. The father made a big mistake that unfortunately cost him his sons life and will live with that for the rest of his life. I do feel sorry for him though, losing a child is bad enough, but he also has to live with the fact that he contributed to his death.
yes thats what we can do maximum to take care...
I am sorry for the loss.. It must have been a truamatic experience.
It also should act as a lesson for us all..
Adults need to be more responsible when storing / handling firearms - especially where children are involved..
A freaking UZI!
I did fired once, one of those mothers and they do have a recoil from hell.
My nephews best friend, 14 years old at that time, blew his head off in 2000, while playing with a Police Service revolver belonging to his father
According to the police investigation, it was consider an accident.
His father was found innocent of all charges.
Why?
He had the gun store in a gun cabinet with a lock, which was broken off and the trigger lock of the pistol was being pick by the kid and force to displace outwards while using a chisel and a saw.
In the action of picking the lock of the revolver, the trigger had enough space to be push back, causing the hammer to strike forward while in the process of removing the lock.
Weird stuff that kids do for fun and curiosity.
The fathers kids still a police officer and his wife just had twins recently.
“Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful,”
Yankees
Stupidity has no limit...
Perhaps their needs to be "minimum age limit" for handling guns - say around 14 years.
No it is not an accident...
The Idiot Father Killed his Son...
Dumb head , he killed the boy.
and to think that the bugger is a darned medical director!sheesh!
Keep smiling!
Saggi!
bad luck for the kid that his father's got sh*t for brains...
its just Bad Luck...
He went on: “I watched several other children and adults use the Uzi. It’s a small weapon, and Christopher was comfortable with guns. There were larger machine guns with more recoil, and we avoided those.”
Luckly my kids are allergic to bullets, so i don't allow them to play with guns. any awards for Dum*A*s Father of the year, for this guy????
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"The most destructive force in the universe is gossip"
true, ... what kind of a parent would give permission to his kids to use handguns,....
just coz some things are legal dont make them right! let kids play with toyz and leave the guns to adults. when i was 8 yrs it was legal to say the word "bastard" and i still got wacked for it...but my Elder sister could say it coz she was older racist bloody parents lol!! i say racist coz i still think my sister is from outer space!!
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"nice" dad he has huh....
he says his little 8-year old 'enjoyed firing'?and i thought 8 year-olds were better off playing with Lego blocks and remote control cars.....strange!
Keep smiling!
Saggi!
His stupidity invited his son's death...very sad!
We just cant let kids do all the things they wish for!
Idiots.
lol
its called as a extreme stupidity...
"I have a pair of eyes but I can't see U everyday...
I have a pair of ears but I can't hear U everytime....
But...
I have only one heart that remembers U everyseconds......"
geez,... he's 8 and he's had previous experience firing handguns? some parents he has huh... giving him permission to fire....
"Guns don't kill people, people kill people"
The sad thing is that this guy is a doctor and should be a champion for safety ..
yeah you will sorely miss your son.. it's your fault!
[img_assist|nid=12867|link=none|align=left|width=|height=0]Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.
ohhh my... a very tragic accident..
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Frickin' idiot!
Did you Google it first?