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October 28, 2008

Eight-Year-Old Shoots Himself Dead with Uzi at Gun Show
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An eight-year-old boy has died in Massachusetts after accidentally
shooting himself to death at a gun show. The boy, Christopher Bizilj,
was firing a 9mm Micro UZI automatic machine gun when he lost control
and shot himself in the head. The boy’s father had given him permission
to fire the UZI, which can fire hundreds of rounds in a minute.
Advertisements for the gun show boasted: “No age limit or licenses
required to shoot machine guns, handguns, rifles or shotguns!!!”



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