A Law-Breaker New York Liberals Are Eager to Punish

He promises to close Riker’s Island, but even the pro-criminal Zohrah Mamdani had better keep a few jail cells available, so that his fellow liberals have a place to throw people like 67-year-old Charles Foehner, soon to begin serving a 4-year sentence.

The New York Post reports:

While there are many violent criminals with rap sheets the length of a CVS receipt walking our streets, Queens DA Melinda Katz decided to throw the book at this senior citizen, after he pleaded guilty to owning unlicensed guns.

This regular, conscientious guy came to the attention of the authorities after he came back from the store to find…

…an unhinged man banging on the door of his building. It was Cody Gonzalez, who then menacingly approached Foehner, demanding a cigarette and his phone.

His neighborhood having gone to hell like most of New York City, Foehner had taken to carrying a revolver to defend his life from the sociopathic scum that rules the streets.

“He kept coming closer and clearly he was going to attack me.” Foehner said he pulled out his gun and pointed it at the ground. But Gonzalez didn’t stop. He motioned toward Foehner’s neck with an object and the senior’s instincts kicked in. Foehner shot the man dead. The ordeal was caught on security camera. …

He called 911 and cooperated with authorities.

It isn’t hard to discern the good guy from the bad guy.

Gonzalez had at least 15 priors dating back to 2004 and a history of mental illness. Conversely, Foehner had no criminal history. But he is a lifelong gun enthusiast and a doomsday prepper, who had amassed a stockpile of approximately 26 weapons that the police found. Only a few were licensed.

Licensing requirements in New York, where the Second Amendment is not respected, are punitively onerous.

Even NYC authorities had to admit that shooting Gonzalez was justified…

…but the DA threw the book at him for criminal weapons possession.

For context, consider the case of David Mazariegos…

…who beat Nicola Tanzi to death in October after he kindly held a door open for him in the subway. Despite having two open felony cases, Mazariegos was given a taxpayer-funded art “diversion” program for repeat criminals.

Foehner is not sure he will survive his incarceration. His wife gets punished too:

Foehner’s Social Security benefits will stop while he’s in jail, and his wife of 20 years was just laid off from her job at a publishing company after 12 years.

His only hope is a pardon from Kathy Hochul. Fat chance. But maybe she’ll let him get euthanized.

On a tip from Bill vB.

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