I agree with you. A family member was caught in NY with a 9mm without a CCW. The cops let him go with a verbal warning and just kept the gun.
If this isn’t cruel and unusual punishment, then what is? You are arrested for doing something perfectly lawful only a few miles away.....with no ill intent.
Laws need to be based upon INTENT. Anything else is a violation of the Constitution. I believe one day we will see a SCOTUS ruling which says this.