The bigger the gun, the bigger may be the fine imposed.
That warning came yesterday from Justice Carlisle Greaves as he, along with Justice Randall Worrell, scoffed at the idea that young men before them found the guns with which they were caught.
“I am beginning to think that the bigger the gun, the bigger the fine,” declared Justice Greaves in the No. 3 Supreme Court. “You got a .22, $22 000. A .25? $25 000; you got a 32, you get $32 000. If you got a machine gun, bring about $100 000.”
Both judges dealt with cases involving self-confessed gunmen.
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