Gun Control & RKBA

SecularMotion

(7,981 posts) Thu Sep 24, 2015, 02:35 PM Sep 2015

Mother of slain state trooper sues gun instructor who shot him

PHILADELPHIA >> The mother of slain Pennsylvania State Trooper David Kedra has filed a lawsuit against the firearms instructor who accidentally shot her son in 2014.

On Sept. 30, 2014 Schroeter, of Royersford, along with four other state troopers, attended a firearm training class at the Montgomery County Public Safety training facility in Conshohocken. The training was hosted by Richard Schroeter who was a firearms instructor for the state police.

Schroeter had already taught a course before Kedra, formerly of East Coventry, and the other troopers came in that day and he failed to make sure his weapon was completely unloaded.

During the training, Schroeter was demonstrating the trigger pull on the weapon with it aimed in Kedra’s direction. The weapon went off and Kedra was hit in the stomach

http://www.pottsmerc.com/general-news/20150923/mother-of-slain-state-trooper-sues-gun-instructor-who-shot-him

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Mother of slain state trooper sues gun instructor who shot him (Original Post) SecularMotion Sep 2015 OP

Gross negligence and a well-merited suit, imo. What's yours? friendly_iconoclast Sep 2015 #1

I think it will be thrown out, but time will tell. yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #2

This was a firearms instructor 1) pointing a firearm at someone and pulling the trigger.... friendly_iconoclast Sep 2015 #3

Agreed sarisataka Sep 2015 #4

friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts)

1. Gross negligence and a well-merited suit, imo. What's yours?

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Thu Sep 24, 2015, 02:38 PM

Sep 2015

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)

2. I think it will be thrown out, but time will tell.

Reply to friendly_iconoclast (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 24, 2015, 02:44 PM

Sep 2015

friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts)

3. This was a firearms instructor 1) pointing a firearm at someone and pulling the trigger....

Reply to yeoman6987 (Reply #2)

Thu Sep 24, 2015, 02:52 PM

Sep 2015

2) after not ensuring a weapon was unloaded before using it for instructional purposes
3) and found guilty of criminal reckless endagerment and jailed.

Kendra's mother will prevail

sarisataka

(20,992 posts)

4. Agreed

Reply to friendly_iconoclast (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 24, 2015, 03:17 PM

Sep 2015

The instructor violated every safety rule and it cost a man's life.

I cannot conceive of any defense thay would have a chance of success.

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