Did the instructor have kids? It would be even rougher on them. I have no problem with gun ownership. My father was a hunter, and we always had them. I learned to shoot at an early age. However, an uzi is specifically designed to kill people. A nine-year-old cannot well decide when people should be killed. For that reason alone, she shouldn't be playing with an uzi. And because she isn't expected to use one for practical purposes, it is playing. IMO some gun owners feel their rights of ownership so threatened, that they don't only feel a need to exert these rights, but take pleasure in flaunting them. The result is provocative and dangerous behavior.“It’s unbelievable that it did happen, a hell of a tragedy and trauma for the girl,” he said. “That’s going to impact on the rest of her life.”