{"id":27673,"date":"2023-11-11T07:43:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T12:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=27673"},"modified":"2023-11-11T07:48:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T12:48:12","slug":"nypd-buts-another-armed-citizen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=27673","title":{"rendered":"NYPD busts another armed citizen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gothamist reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“A Bronx smoke shop worker who fatally shot a man allegedly robbing his store Wednesday has been arrested and charged with weapons possession, according to police. The NYPD said 26-year-old Fares Alhazmi fired at 23-year-old Romel Carey, who was attempting to rob the smoke shop on East Tremont Avenue around 12:30 a.m. The shop\u2019s owner, Fatehi Kassim, said Alhazmi, his cousin, had reason to feel threatened. He said Carey got angry because Alhazmi was busy trying to help another customer. \u201cThe guy come to him \u2026 he told him \u2018I\u2019m coming back, I\u2019ll kill you.\u2019 And he coming back after 35 minutes, he got the gun,\u201d Kassim said. \u201cFor no reason.\u201d Kassim said he wasn\u2019t sure if Carey was trying to steal anything from the store, but he was adamant that his cousin had acted in self-defense. \u201cYou have a gun in the store, you take care of yourself. If he didn\u2019t have the gun, he [would have] died, my cousin,” he said. Police said Carey was shot in the head and died at the scene. Alhazmi was arrested immediately after the incident as a person of interest, but was formally charged Thursday morning with criminal possession of a firearm …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This may have been an “illegal” dispensary, not that it should matter.\u00a0 The state legislature created that mess<\/a> in the first place.\u00a0 They also created the gun control mess<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It will be interesting to see if the guy makes a 2A defense.<\/p>\n