Cognitive Dissonance
During a recent six-month period, 23-year-old Illinois resident Simone Mousheh, purchased four weapons for $600 each and sold two to a Hoffman Estates man with Chicago gang ties. According to published reports, Mousheh purchased a .40-caliber gun legally, then reported it stolen, and police later recovered the gun from a Chicago juvenile.
The police did their job and reeled her in...
On April 13, 2017, Mousheh plead guilty to the illegal transfer of firearms in exchange for 12 months probation and 15 days in the Cook County sheriff's work alternative program; she was also ordered to pay $679 in fines.
Since this punishment appears to Cook County authorities as a logical step in solving their 'gun problem', and since Chicago is having such a big problem with 'crime guns', maybe that approach would work as an overall Metropolitan solution: Mayor Rahm, with the blessing of the courts, could issue an arbitrary blanket city-wide decree, placing all gang-bangers and armed miscreants on probation, and arbitrarily fine each one $679; that should provide an immediate solution to not only the 'gun problem', but to the city's growing financial dilemma as well. It'll be win-win.
Right!
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