A controversial Brooklyn judge gave a reputed teen gangbanger a huge break on gun and attempted murder charges — and then got in hot water for flashing his own firearm in court, The Post has learned.

Jhdae Beckles, 19, was cut loose after getting busted with a loaded 9 mm handgun last year – only to get picked up again one month later in a gang-related drive-by shooting that left two bystanders wounded, law-enforcement sources said.

But gun-toting Judge Jeffrey Gershuny last month insisted on giving Beckles youthful offender status — which could put him back on the streets in just over a year, despite prosecutors’ objections. 8

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“Sometimes teenagers don’t make good decisions,” Gershuny told Beckles in Brooklyn court on July 15.

“It’s like touching a hot stove. You know never to

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