I'm surprised he didn't get more time than he did. He got off incredibly lucky and will likely still face a crippling lawsuit. This is why you always know what's downrange. A totally avoidable tragedy, that makes gun owners look like fools.
From The Star
From The Star
MARTINSVILLE, Ind. -- The gunsmith who fired the stray bullet that killed a man as he slept in his central Indiana home has been sentenced to 60 days in jail.John Graf of rural Monrovia apologized during a Morgan County court hearing after pleading guilty to a felony criminal recklessness charge in the death last March of 35-year-old Jason Breisch. Graf had trouble looking at Breisch's widow and three children as he spoke.
The judge ordered Graf to also serve a year in a county work release center.Graf admitted to investigators that he had been test shooting a .45-caliber handgun he was trying to repair. Authorities say Breisch was asleep in his bedroom within 1,000 feet of Graf's home when he was shot in the chest and died a short time later.