Judgment unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum:
Defendant was convicting of assault in the second degree (Penal Law § 120.05 [2]) for striking the victim on the side of the head with a handgun. We reject defendant's argument that a handgun is not a dangerous instrument. A gun that is used as a bludgeon "is readily capable of causing death or other serious physical injury" (Penal Law § 10.00 [13]; see, People v Richardson,
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