(Dreamstime)
A Queens man who shot and killed a would-be mugger more than two years ago has been sentenced to four years in prison after he pleaded guilty on Thursday to possessing an unlicensed revolver in a case his attorney said shows New York City’s “draconian” gun laws.
Charles Foehner, 67, admitted guilt in one count of criminal weapons possession in a plea deal, ending his case stemming from the 2022 shooting of Cody Gonzalez near Foehner’s home, reports the New York Post.
Prosecutors declined to charge the retired doorman directly in Gonzalez’s death after he told police he acted in self-defense when the man ran toward him late at night, holding what appeared to be a knife but was later identified as a pen…