Reply #8: Hmm...

[east texas lib]

"Christopher Bizilj’s parents could not be reached for comment. His mother, Suzanne, said when the club filed its plea that the negligence in the case was “hard to comprehend’’ and that her son’s death left her traumatized.

“The emotional trauma of Christopher’s death haunts me every day,’’ she said in a statement read by a prosecutor. “We trusted this event would be fun and safe, with trained safety officers present. . . . In my opinion, the event was poorly supervised, with dangerous weapons in the hands of inept instructors.’’

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/01/15/ex_police_chief_acquitted_in_uzi_shooting_death/?page=1


There was indeed negligence and poor supervision, on the part of the parents. Sustained full auto bursts of fire can get away from adults with larger hands and much more strength than Christopher Bizilj had. While I would fault Fleury for his choice of range instructors, the decision to allow him fire that weapon and the responsiblity for that decision rests with the parents.