NYC/"good shoot", but shooter will no doubt face CPW charge

[C3D]

Brooklyn woman shoots ex in neck after he kicked her door in

A Brooklyn woman shot her ex-boyfriend in the neck Saturday when he tried to kick his way into her apartment, police sources said.

The 30-year-old man, identified by sources as Marlon Womack, stormed into his ex-girlfriend’s apartment building on Bristol St. near Blake Ave. in Brownsville at 6:13 p.m., cops said.

When Womack kicked open her door, he found the 52-year-old woman, who sources identified as Tonya Wooten, standing at the threshold with a handgun, police sources said.

Wooten pulled the trigger and hit Womack once in the neck, according to sources. Medics rushed him to Brookdale Hospital where he is in stable condition, police said.

Cops found Wooten’s .40 caliber handgun at the scene. She recently moved to the city from North Carolina. While the weapon was legal there, she did not have a New York permit yet, police sources said.

Womack allegedly has an extensive criminal history.

Wooten was taken into custody and charges were pending early Sunday, cops said.

Brooklyn woman shoots ex in neck after he kicked her door in

 

[SomeSoldier]

Wow, saves her own life only to spend the next 5 years in prison. FUNYS

 

[masterswimmer]

Gotta protect their constituency, their voting block. Totally disregard the safety and well-being of a law abiding citizen. FUAC FUBD

 

[Greywolf224]

Hell what makes you think that an illegal gun used by an unlicensed person be used in self-defense if a legal gun by a licensed person can’t even be used in self-defense.

 

[libertysnake]

Who would have thought that when you don't leave people defenseless, they can defend themselves? LEO cannot be everywhere at once. That's not a fault of them, that's just how it logically breaks down. It takes precious seconds for LEO to get to a scene -- time that people might not otherwise have.

If it weren't for the regulation in the city, this would be a textbook home defense.

 

[Cureforcancer]

I wonder if stories like this one confuses NYC liberals?

Charging her with a crime could be misogynistic.

 

[GOYABEAN]

I wonder if stories like this one confuses NYC liberals?

Charging her with a crime could be misogynistic.

Confucius says in their utopia always say Mother may I

 

[Cooolone]

Problem is there were two sides to the argument! Lol, and in NY the perpetrator will undoubtedly sue in civil court for damages too.

But ultimately, IMO it will be interesting to see how "Heller" plays here... Worse thing she could face is the gun charge, but will NYC want a serious challenge to its laws? They will press hard and eventually offer reduced charges, etc., and not allow this to go to trial. Is really that simple! Just my humble opinion....

 

[CzechFan]

Jury nullification for $1000 please, Alex

 

[Acer-m14]

sounds like a good case for her using heller ... she wasn't carrying outside concealed .. we should be able to own and buy a pistol for home defense without a permit .. FUAC ..

 

[Airborneguy]

Jury nullification for $1000 please, Alex

There's no such thing as "jury nullification". It's the biggest farce going in the liberty movement. I cringe every time I hear it. The jury can find her guilty, not guilty, or cause a mistrial to be declared. That's it. No jury can nullify a law.

 

[Airborneguy]

sounds like a good case for her using heller ... she wasn't carrying outside concealed .. we should be able to own and buy a pistol for home defense without a permit .. FUAC ..

This.

Hopefully some good attorneys get ahold of this story.

 

[Pedro]

There's no such thing as "jury nullification". It's the biggest farce going in the liberty movement. I cringe every time I hear it. The jury can find her guilty, not guilty, or cause a mistrial to be declared. That's it. No jury can nullify a law.

I thought jury nullification was when the jury finds the defendant not guilty, even though they believe the defendant committed the offense, they believe the law is unconstitutional. The effect of the not guilty verdict is nullification, of course the law remains.
Pedro.

 

[spat]

There's no such thing as "jury nullification". It's the biggest farce going in the liberty movement. I cringe every time I hear it. The jury can find her guilty, not guilty, or cause a mistrial to be declared. That's it. No jury can nullify a law.

*A* jury can't nullify a law, but juries in general can.

One jury can nullify a conviction. But if juries in general refuse to convict on some charge, DA's will stop bringing it after a while. Once that happens, the law is dead, regardless of what the legislature or courts do.

 

[spat]

This.

Hopefully some good attorneys get ahold of this story.

Only if she applied and was rejected for a license. Heller dicta seemed perfectly OK with a shall issue licensing plan.

They're wrong about that, and it's not shall issue in NYC by a mile, but they will say the time to sue was after you were rejected for the license, not after you used the gun.

 

[libertysnake]

There's no such thing as "jury nullification". It's the biggest farce going in the liberty movement. I cringe every time I hear it. The jury can find her guilty, not guilty, or cause a mistrial to be declared. That's it. No jury can nullify a law.

Someone should tell that to the Supreme Court. They’ve been making up laws for quite some time, despite the constitution and the context around it being clearer than they’d like to believe.

 

[Celt]

It would be great for the NRA to step up to the plate on this one and do something good with their money. This is precisely why the permitting scheme in New York City is unconstitutional. Here you have a woman who is simply protecting herrself from a violent (known) attacker. No police force or anyone else for that matter could have gotten to this woman in time to sav her from what was about to happen.

I'm betting we will hear nothing but crickets from the NRA on this 1. And that will be proof positive that they do not care about New York or truly protecting the 2nd amendment.

 

[Onegunnotenough]

I wonder if stories like this one confuses NYC liberals?

Charging her with a crime could be misogynistic.

I live here and this story didn't make my local newscast. They don't want to show stories like this.it does not go with the narrative. Especially a black woman defending herself. That's a big NO NO on the liberal agenda.

 

[Onegunnotenough]

It would be great for the NRA to step up to the plate on this one and do something good with their money. This is precisely why the permitting scheme in New York City is unconstitutional. Here you have a woman who is simply protecting herrself from a violent (known) attacker. No police force or anyone else for that matter could have gotten to this woman in time to sav her from what was about to happen.

I'm betting we will hear nothing but crickets from the NRA on this 1. And that will be proof positive that they do not care about New York or truly protecting the 2nd amendment.

The best part is NY is the largest chapter of NRA members! They didn't even fight For us over the safe act. They hid behind Tom King.They won't make a peep over this.

 

[Grimscale]

Here you have a woman who is simply protecting herrself ... using a previously legally owned pistol

Fixed that. Your Rights should not end just because you moved to a different State!

The NRA, SCOPE, NYSRPA, all of them should be jumping on board to defend this woman and get this unConstitutional "licensing" and database scheme stricken from the books!
This is a prime example of why the New York way is the wrong way. This woman could have been DEAD if not for her own ability to defend herself.
New York's way is that of tyranny and oppression!

 

[Onegunnotenough]

NYC would rather you be a statistic than a survivor. It's that simple. Also,if she could afford a good lawyer they could use Heller as a defense since the rest of the United States doesn't need a permit to keep a pistol in the home for self defense.didn't Scalia say that? Isn't that federal law?

 

[M_F]

Heller and McDonald ruled handgun bans unconstitutional, but did not address the difficulty in obtaining licenses in "may issue" jurisdictions or if they are constitutional when keeping a handgun in our own home, nothing to do with carrying outside concealed. Maybe SAF can lend a hand? They actually had the balls to challenge the NYC licensing fees even though the 2nd Circuit chose the Liberal agenda over the Constitution.

 

[Airborneguy]

Someone should tell that to the Supreme Court. They’ve been making up laws for quite some time, despite the constitution and the context around it being clearer than they’d like to believe.

The Supreme Court is far from comparable to a jury.

 

[Airborneguy]

*A* jury can't nullify a law, but juries in general can.

One jury can nullify a conviction. But if juries in general refuse to convict on some charge, DA's will stop bringing it after a while. Once that happens, the law is dead, regardless of what the legislature or courts do.

Still a pipedream. There's no chance of repeatedly finding 12 person juries that will "nullify" any given law. It's impossible. Especially considering how jury selection works.

 

[Phazer]

I wonder if stories like this one confuses NYC liberals?

Nope. "Gunz iz bad. Gunz is bad. Gunz iz bad." (Liberal Progressive mantra)

 

[Phauxtoe]

If the NRA were an Actual Activist group, they would be all over this woman's Case.
However since they are only really try to raise funds for their own Super high salaries, they won't even tweet about it!

#FUNRA

 

[C3D]

Here's a recent case of jury nullifcation in a use of gun case:

Link to story about case