NRA Tweets About Kids Having Fun At Shooting Range After Uzi Accident

Steven King/Dispatch Taran Homol, left, and members of her squad practice trap shooting at a range near CG Mountain outside Casa Grande, Ariz. on December 12, 2008. Homol is a teenage shooting phenomenon who has dis... Steven King/Dispatch Taran Homol, left, and members of her squad practice trap shooting at a range near CG Mountain outside Casa Grande, Ariz. on December 12, 2008. Homol is a teenage shooting phenomenon who has discovered her passion in target shooting. (AP Photo/Casa Grande Dispatch, Steven King) MORE LESS
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The NRA Women’s Twitter account blasted out suggestions for making practice at the shooting range fun for kids on Wednesday, less than two days after a 9-year-old girl accidentally shot her shooting instructor at an outdoor range in Arizona.

The instructor, 39-year-old Charles Vacca, later died of his injuries. He suffered at least one gunshot wound to the head after the girl lost control of a 9mm Uzi that was put into “fully automatic” mode.

The tweet from the @NRAWomen handle was deleted without explanation a little over an hour after it was posted, according to the Huffington Post.

The story the tweet linked to lists using animal-shaped targets and exploding targets as ways to keep kids engaged at the shooting range.

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