Moshe Borukh, 35, heard glass breaking downstairs in his Jamaica Estates home in Queens, N.Y., around 2:40 a.m.
Borukh, who is a partner at Levy Borukh Law, grabbed his SIG P365 pistol and investigated. He soon discovered that a man was inside his home. His wife and three young kids were asleep, he told the New York Post.
The intruder was recorded on home-security cameras. He looks to be searching the kitchen via a phone light. Borukh later speculated that the home intruder was looking for the key fob for Borukh’s Bentley. According to the Post, two other men were waiting outside.
Borukh soon “locked eyes” with the man who’d broken into his kitchen. Borukh looked over the sights of his Sig at the man.
“I’m like, ‘I have a gun. Don’t move,’” said Borukh to the Post.
When he saw Borukh and heard the command not to move, the home invader got back out of the window as fast as he could.
“It was probably one of the scariest moments of my life. You know, I was prepared for it, just because I have a family. I have to protect my castle, and so by any means necessary,” said Borukh.
Borukh said he does have a concealed-carry license.
Responding officers later told Borukh that two other vehicles in the area had been stolen that night. Security footage shows the other two men trying the door handles and even crawling under Borukh’s Bentley.
Borukh believes in citizens’ right to keep and bear arms. “I’m just trying to raise awareness for the community, because they have rights they don’t realize they have,” Borukh told the Post. “[H]aving a gun is the most, you know, it’s the most important thing, in my opinion, right now, the government’s not gonna help us, the mayor’s not gonna help us. Governor’s not gonna help us.”
What did help Borukh was the NRA-backed case New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen (2022), which held that New York’s “proper cause” requirement for carrying a handgun in public is unconstitutional. Before the ruling New York required applicants for a concealed-carry license to show a special need for self-defense. The Court ruled that this requirement violated the Second Amendment right to “keep and bear Arms.”
Borukh was contacted for comment on this story, but as this was being published had not responded. We’ll update this story with any further details.
