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Senior citizen who saved himself from would-be mugger is heading to prison because of NYC’s ‘draconian’ laws
By Kevin Sheehan and Ben Kochman
Published Nov. 20, 2025, 5:16 p.m. ET
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A Queens senior citizen who shot dead a man who tried to rob him will spend four years in prison after admitting to toting an unlicensed revolver — as his lawyer ripped the city’s “draconian” gun laws.
Charles Foehner, 67, pleaded guilty to one count of criminal weapons possession Thursday in a deal to end his case more than two years after he fatally shot would-be thief Cody Gonzalez, who charged at him near his Kew Gardens home.
The Queens District Attorney’s Office chose not to prosecute Foehner, a retired doorman, for Gonzalez’s killing after he told cops that he’d defended himself from a mugger who lunged at him late at night holding what looked like a knife — but which turned out to be a pen
Foehner was not charged with manslaughter after claiming self-defense, but pleaded guilty to a lesser gun charge. But prosecutors slapped Foehner with a slew of weapons raps for the unlicensed handgun and for an arsenal of illicit handguns, revolvers and rifles inside his home in the quiet neighborhood.
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“If we respected people’s constitutional right, and provided practical means for citizens to exercise that right, Mr. Foehner would not be in the position he is in today,” Kenniff added.
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So, let me understand this, the Queens DA Melinda Katz didn’t prosecute a “hard to win” case but did prosecute an “easy to win” one and insisted on a harsh punishment.
Sounds like “prosecutorual misconduct” to me.
Buffing up the old political resume and punishing self-defense.
Without allowing “self-defense”, “We, The Sheeple” has no defense against career criminals and the crazy insane that are allowed to roam at will.
Fighting this injustice is a just a war of attrition against a Gooferment bureaucrat with unlimited funds.
One would hope that:
- the Queens voters would put a curse on the Queens DA Melinda Katz at the next election.
- And, that Queens DA jurors would “inflict” justice on their prosecutions by jury nullification of the top count in EVERY trial.
- Additionally, Queens residents should lodge Bar Complaints on EVERY lawyer in the Queens District Attorney’s Office
- Badger the Governor Kathy Hochul to correct this miscarrage of justice
- Everyone should vote against EVERY incumbent lawmaker in New York City and Albany who have “repeatedly frustrated the rights of law-abiding Americans, New Yorkers, that possess firearms. All candidates should be questioned on this issue.
That should get the attenton of ALL current and potential politicians and bureaucrats.
Where is the Federal Gooferment’s politicians and bureaucrats standing up for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. At the very least, federal funds for “law enforcement” should be impounded until rights are restored.
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