( CNN ) -- A 9-year-old girl accidentally killed a shooting instructor with an Uzi on Monday , authorities in Arizona said , and now the world is asking itself an absolutely absurd question : Should a fourth-grader be legally allowed to shoot an Uzi ? The only answer to that question is : Hell fricking NO -- it should be against the law . Understand , I love shooting guns and so do my kids . My favorite gun is a 12-gauge over/under shotgun . Our teenage daughters prefer a .22 because it 's easier to aim and control . Other than hooking a large brown trout , there 's nothing more thrilling in my book than pulling the trigger on a shotgun and managing to hit a target . Kids and guns : What 's your parenting style ? But this is not a shotgun . This is a fully automatic machine gun developed by the Israeli army . It is capable of firing 600 to 650 bullets a minute . As this Uzi pumps out 10 bullets a second , the kickback is substantial . It is designed to be fired by a soldier during war , not a fourth-grader on vacation . It 's too powerful , it 's too big and it 's too deadly . Many adult novices ca n't control that weapon . The Mohave County Sheriff , Jim McCabe , said the full video of the incident was , as one might imagine , `` ghastly . '' This , of course , is n't the little girl 's fault ; was it even her idea to shoot an Uzi in the first place ? It 's the instructor and the parents who are to blame -- I mean , what could possibly go wrong if you hand an Uzi with the selector on fully automatic mode to a 9-year-old ? For anyone who asks `` What were they thinking ? '' the answer is : They were n't . That 's why the law needs to change -- to protect kids from adult stupidity . This all seems particularly senseless to me because just two weeks ago on our own family vacation , we introduced our own 9-year-old to the joys of target shooting and the responsibility of gun safety . Here 's a photo of our son , supervised by instructors and with my father behind him on his first day at the range . Notice what 's happening . He 's sitting down , so he can absorb any kick . He 's got on safety glasses and sound protection . The gun is resting against a table and the strap of the gun has been put around a railing on the table to hold it down . Why do you take these precautions ? Because when you introduce kids to the sport of shooting guns , you are taking on a great responsibility . This 9-year-old girl is n't the only child to kill someone with an Uzi . An 8-year-old boy in Massachusetts killed himself a few years ago when he fired an Uzi at a gun show , while supervised by his own father . The gun kicked up on the boy , and he shot himself in the head . The laws did n't change in Massachusetts , and I 'm sure the National Rifle Association will see to it that they do n't change in Arizona . But they should . Arizona laws require a person to be at least 21 years old to carry a firearm , but the laws do not apply on private property or if the minor is accompanied by a parent or certified instructor . Kids ca n't drive until they 're 16 , vote , chew tobacco or smoke until they 're 18 , or drink until they 're 21 . No child should have access to firing a fully automatic weapon until the age of 18 . And gun ranges should know better than to hand one to a novice shooter passing through on vacation , let alone one as young as 9 . The tragedy took place at Bullets and Burgers , where the website states `` At our range , you can shoot FULL auto on our machine guns . Let 'em Rip ! '' Just because you can does n't mean you should .
Mel ##ton : Gun instructor 's daughter raises absurd question : Should kids fire Uzis ? She says of course not ! If kids know about guns , should be in controlled safe environment . Robbins : What parent would put such a gun in a child 's hands and how does gun range allow it ? She says giving kids under 18 access to a loaded gun should be illegal .