Boy Killed At Gun Show

An 8-year-old boy died after accidentally shooting himself in the head while firing an Uzi submachine gun under adult supervision at a gun fair.

The boy lost control of the weapon while firing it Sunday at the Machine Gun Shoot and Firearms Expo at the Westfield Sportsman's Club, police Lt. Lawrence Valliere said.

The boy, Christopher Bizilj of Ashford, Connecticut, was with a certified instructor and "was shooting the weapon down range when the force of the weapon made it travel up and back toward his head, where he suffered the injury," a police statement said.

Christopher died at Baystate Medical Center.

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Two things - beyond the tragedy of a child losing his life - Why in the name of all the holies was a child of 8 firing an Uzi and there was NO ADULT supervision because no adult would allow a child to fire an Uzi.

Learning to handle firearms is one thing and knowing what types are manageable for someone else or yourself is a crucial part of that learning ... something this young lad will never learn and something those "adults" obviously have not learned.