I would not have been happy with the outcome...$1000 fine! Yikes. Not sure I would have taken plea...I probably would have fought it on ‘the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed’ grounds....and lost with my luck but at least I would have known I was ‘right’. ha.
You are right, after Chicago’s gun laws were declared unconstitutional I would think this would be a great test case for some legal eagle to pursue.