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Not the Onion:  Shooting Range raises Age Limit to 12 after 9-year-old girl Kills Instructor with Uzi

Not the Onion: Shooting Range raises Age Limit to 12 after 9-year-old girl Kills Instructor with Uzi

contributors 08/28/2014

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CBS New York buries the lead:

“A 9-year-old New Jersey girl accidentally killed an Arizona shooting instructor as he was showing her how to use an automatic Uzi, authorities said Tuesday. CBS 2’s Weijia Jiang reports.”

Ms. Jiang’s last sentence is about the shooting range raising the age limit to 12 (from, apparently, anything).

CBS NYC: “Officials: 9-Year-Old Girl Accidentally Kills Ariz. Gun Instructor With Uzi”

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meanwhile, The NRA tweeted about the fun kids can have with guns.

Filed Under: Guns, Health, US politics

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