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Family of King Soopers shooting victim sues gun manufacturer Ruger
BOULDER, Colo. (KDVR) — Nearly two years after a gunman opened fire in a busy King Soopers store, killing 10 people, the son of one victim is taking legal action against the manufacturer who makes and markets the gun used.
Nathan Getz, son of Suzanne Fountain, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. in Connecticut on Friday. Getz is the executor of Fountain’s estate.
The lawsuit also cites a violation of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act, the same law cited in a lawsuit where families of victims killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting received a $73 million settlement from the manufacturer of the gun used in that shooting.
Phil Harding, Getz’s Attorney, said they’re following the roadmap from Sandy Hook.
“We’re using the blueprints from Sandy Hook, and we’re using the blueprints that the congressional hearing did and putting it together,” Harding said. “Something has to change. These deaths and these shootings, something has to change, and this is the first step.
Nathan Getz, son of Suzanne Fountain, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. in Connecticut on Friday. Getz is the executor of Fountain’s estate.
The lawsuit also cites a violation of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act, the same law cited in a lawsuit where families of victims killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting received a $73 million settlement from the manufacturer of the gun used in that shooting.
Phil Harding, Getz’s Attorney, said they’re following the roadmap from Sandy Hook.
“We’re using the blueprints from Sandy Hook, and we’re using the blueprints that the congressional hearing did and putting it together,” Harding said. “Something has to change. These deaths and these shootings, something has to change, and this is the first step.
We all owe the Sandy Hook families and the Brady organization (for arranging pro-bono legal support) for their TEN YEAR battle with Remington. That case was the first break in the armor that the PLCAA provides to gun makers and sellers. Some of the Uvalde parents are suing Danial Defense, the maker of the gun used in that school massacre, using the same grounds. Danial Defense didn't even cite the PLCAA in trying to get the case dismissed, using arcane legal language about standing and such. They KNEW they marketed their guns in an illegal and imoral manner!
People say nothing happened after Sandy Hook. They are wrong. The Earth shifted on its axis thanks to the families of those precious lost children.
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