People are seen at the Last Stop outdoor shooting range in White Hills, Ariz., where a girl, 9, accidentally killed an instructor. (John Locher, The Associated Press)
Re: “Uzi killing by 9-year-old girl stirs debate over guns,” Aug. 27 news story.
Death by gun again.
The parents of a 9-year-old Arizona girl now have the rest of their lives mapped out. It amounts to answering one simple question over and over: What were you thinking? Not enough, quite obviously.
The ignorance and arrogance of assault-type weapon ownership in the United States is stupefying. There probably won’t be any Ferguson-type marches and protests in Arizona, but there should be. This incident was just as disturbing.
Mom and Dad were recording everything on a cellphone. There you have 21st century America in a nutshell.
Craig Marshall Smith, Highlands Ranch
This letter was published in the Aug. 30 edition.
