an instructor at an arizona gun range. many people are wondering why parents would let a child handle a submachine gun? here is abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: the girl in this video is 9 years old. >> this leg forward. >> reporter: from the east coast with her family visiting a popular tourist attraction monday near las vegas. a shooting range called bullets and burgers. >> all right. go ahead and give me one shot. >> reporter: the instructor 39-year-old charles vacca switches the gun to fully automatic. when she fires she loses control accidentally shooting vacca dead. >> it's look losing a brother. these are not employees or associates, these are family. >> reporter: the shooting is tragically similar to this one in 2008 when an 8-year-old boy fired an uzi. it recoiled killing him. there is no federal law prohibiting children from shooting ranges. in pennsylvania, one range we found, kids have to be 12 or older. in california, 7. one texas range allows kids to pull the trigger as young as 6.