Retiree That Legally Defended Himself Sentenced to Prison in New York

[Moon68]

New York politicians and DA's have a track record of believing in "negative rights".

Retired 67-year old goes to prison after legally defending himself

That's right, after what was a clear case of self-defense, with a legal handgun against a career violent criminal, the New York DA's office indicted, tried, secured a conviction and sent a retiree to prison for 4 years.

The fearmongering and emotional pleading of the corrupt DA and complicit media is nauseating.

DA Press Release

Since the POS DA couldn't charge Charles Foehner in the self defense shooting of career criminal Cody Gonzalez, they managed to secure a search warrant for Foehner's private residence. Once there, it was discovered that Ol' Charley had the audacity to have a collection of firearms that he hadn't gone thru the trouble and expense to register and license, in violation of New Yorks unconstitutional anti-2A gun control laws.

[Oldcarpy2]

New York politicians and DA's have a track record of believing in "negative rights".

Retired 67-year old goes to prison after legally defending himself

That's right, after what was a clear case of self-defense, with a legal handgun against a career violent criminal, the New York DA's office indicted, tried, secured a conviction and sent a retiree to prison for 4 years.

The fearmongering and emotional pleading of the corrupt DA and complicit media is nauseating.

DA Press Release

Since the POS DA couldn't charge Charles Foehner in the self defense shooting of career criminal Cody Gonzalez, they managed to secure a search warrant for Foehner's private residence. Once there, it was discovered that Ol' Charley had the audacity to have a collection of firearms that he hadn't gone thru the trouble and expense to register and license, in violation of New Yorks unconstitutional anti-2A gun control laws.

From your source:

"At District Attorney Katz’ discretion, the defendant was not charged for his role in the shooting. District Attorney Katz said: “While investigating a May 2023 shooting incident, we found Charles Foehner in possession of 26 unlicensed and unregistered weapons, 13,000 rounds of ammunition and 152 large capacity feeding devices, 10 of which were loaded, inside the defendant’s home. Four of the firearms were determined to be assault weapons and nearly all the illegal firearms were fully operational. This stockpile was not a collection of your grandfather’s harmless, inoperable, antique weapons. This was an arsenal of lethal firearms and assault weapons possessed in full violation of New York State law.” A court-authorized search warrant of the defendant’s residence on May 31, 2023, resulted in the recovery of: Two .38-caliber Smith and Wesson pistolsFour .357-caliber Smith and Wesson revolversThree 7.62 mm x 39 Norinco riflesTwo 12-gauge Mossberg shotgunsOne .38-caliber Cobra revolverOne .32-caliber Harrington and Richardson revolverOne .32-caliber Beretta pistolOne .22-caliber Browning pistolOne .25-caliber Precision Small Parts pistolOne 9 mm Glock pistolOne .45-caliber Glock pistolOne .380 Auto Caliber Norinco pistolOne .45-caliber Colt pistolOne .22-caliber Ruger rifleOne 30 Carbine Caliber Winchester rifleOne 30-06 Ruger rifleOne 5.56 x 45 mm caliber semi-automatic Norinco assault rifleOne .357-caliber Magnum Colt13,074 rounds of ammunition152 large capacity feeding devices, 10 of which were loadedTwo bulletproof vestsOne inoperable pistolFoehner, 67, of 82nd Road in Kew Gardens, pleaded guilty on November 20 to criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. Queens Supreme Court Justice Toni Cimino sentenced Foehner today to four years in prison, to be followed by five years of post-release supervision."

He pleaded guilty.

  Hardly surprising?

[RazorV66]

The moral of the story is.......Don't live in Democrat controlled shit holes.

But you also gotta register your guns so they don't have a chance to do this to you.

I didn't see it in the story but he should stay out of jail pending the appeal.

[Oldcarpy2]

The moral of the story is.......Don't live in Democrat controlled shit holes.

But you also gotta register your guns so they don't have a chance to do this to you.

I didn't see it in the story but he should stay out of jail pending the appeal.

I thought you were all for enforcement of the law?

[RazorV66]

From your source:

"At District Attorney Katz’ discretion, the defendant was not charged for his role in the shooting. District Attorney Katz said: “While investigating a May 2023 shooting incident, we found Charles Foehner in possession of 26 unlicensed and unregistered weapons, 13,000 rounds of ammunition and 152 large capacity feeding devices, 10 of which were loaded, inside the defendant’s home. Four of the firearms were determined to be assault weapons and nearly all the illegal firearms were fully operational. This stockpile was not a collection of your grandfather’s harmless, inoperable, antique weapons. This was an arsenal of lethal firearms and assault weapons possessed in full violation of New York State law.” A court-authorized search warrant of the defendant’s residence on May 31, 2023, resulted in the recovery of: Two .38-caliber Smith and Wesson pistolsFour .357-caliber Smith and Wesson revolversThree 7.62 mm x 39 Norinco riflesTwo 12-gauge Mossberg shotgunsOne .38-caliber Cobra revolverOne .32-caliber Harrington and Richardson revolverOne .32-caliber Beretta pistolOne .22-caliber Browning pistolOne .25-caliber Precision Small Parts pistolOne 9 mm Glock pistolOne .45-caliber Glock pistolOne .380 Auto Caliber Norinco pistolOne .45-caliber Colt pistolOne .22-caliber Ruger rifleOne 30 Carbine Caliber Winchester rifleOne 30-06 Ruger rifleOne 5.56 x 45 mm caliber semi-automatic Norinco assault rifleOne .357-caliber Magnum Colt13,074 rounds of ammunition152 large capacity feeding devices, 10 of which were loadedTwo bulletproof vestsOne inoperable pistolFoehner, 67, of 82nd Road in Kew Gardens, pleaded guilty on November 20 to criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. Queens Supreme Court Justice Toni Cimino sentenced Foehner today to four years in prison, to be followed by five years of post-release supervision."

He pleaded guilty.

  Hardly surprising?

He pled guilty?

I didn't see that.

[RazorV66]

I thought you were all for enforcement of the law?

Unregistered guns are against the law, as i said in my post...you can't do that.

[Moon68]

From your source:

"At District Attorney Katz’ discretion, the defendant was not charged for his role in the shooting. District Attorney Katz said: “While investigating a May 2023 shooting incident, we found Charles Foehner in possession of 26 unlicensed and unregistered weapons, 13,000 rounds of ammunition and 152 large capacity feeding devices, 10 of which were loaded, inside the defendant’s home. Four of the firearms were determined to be assault weapons and nearly all the illegal firearms were fully operational. This stockpile was not a collection of your grandfather’s harmless, inoperable, antique weapons. This was an arsenal of lethal firearms and assault weapons possessed in full violation of New York State law.” A court-authorized search warrant of the defendant’s residence on May 31, 2023, resulted in the recovery of: Two .38-caliber Smith and Wesson pistolsFour .357-caliber Smith and Wesson revolversThree 7.62 mm x 39 Norinco riflesTwo 12-gauge Mossberg shotgunsOne .38-caliber Cobra revolverOne .32-caliber Harrington and Richardson revolverOne .32-caliber Beretta pistolOne .22-caliber Browning pistolOne .25-caliber Precision Small Parts pistolOne 9 mm Glock pistolOne .45-caliber Glock pistolOne .380 Auto Caliber Norinco pistolOne .45-caliber Colt pistolOne .22-caliber Ruger rifleOne 30 Carbine Caliber Winchester rifleOne 30-06 Ruger rifleOne 5.56 x 45 mm caliber semi-automatic Norinco assault rifleOne .357-caliber Magnum Colt13,074 rounds of ammunition152 large capacity feeding devices, 10 of which were loadedTwo bulletproof vestsOne inoperable pistolFoehner, 67, of 82nd Road in Kew Gardens, pleaded guilty on November 20 to criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. Queens Supreme Court Justice Toni Cimino sentenced Foehner today to four years in prison, to be followed by five years of post-release supervision."

He pleaded guilty.

  Hardly surprising?

Just curious.

How did a legal matter of self-defense in a public place warrant a search of the victims private residence?

Hardly surprising? Of course not. I would bet every dollar to my name he was threatened with 10+ years per count, and I'm sure as shit the DA threatened a minimum of 24 counts, if he didn't plea guilty.

[Oldcarpy2]

He pled guilty?

I didn't see that.

It's in the OPs source.

[Oldcarpy2]

Just curious.

How did a legal matter of self-defense in a public place warrant a search of the victims private residence?

Hardly surprising? Of course not. I would bet every dollar to my name he was threatened with 10+ years per count, and I'm sure as shit the DA threatened a minimum of 24 counts, if he didn't plea guilty.

I wouldn't know, and neither do you.

[Moon68]

I wouldn't know, and neither do you.

Well, New York DA's are infamous for strong-arm tactics, ask Daniel Penny. Alvin Bragg tried to get a plea of criminally negligent homicide which Penny refused. Ended up filing second degree murder charges, later reduced to second degree manslaughter plus the criminally negligent homicide. Luckily, saner heads prevailed and Mr. Penny had competent counsel. I recall reading in the time leading up to the trial that the DA's office had most of Daniel Penny's possessions including all electronics and furniture. It seems to me that New York DA's are over-zealous with everyone but actual criminals.