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Man arrested after guns were found in his Chicago hotel room. The mayor called them 'weapons of war'
CNN Fake News ^
| 8 July 2021
| Carma Hassan, Adrienne Broaddus and Keith Allen
Posted on 07/08/2021 11:18:54 AM PDT by Magnatron
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This is idiotic. I travel with my firearms when driving, and I bring them into my hotel room for safe keeping and protection as I would at home. A single handgun and a rifle is not an arsenal. Aside from any hotel restrictions there might be for firearms on the premises, how is this "two felony counts of aggravated unlawful use of weapons/loaded"?
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posted on
07/08/2021 11:18:54 AM PDT
by
Magnatron
To: Magnatron
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posted on
07/08/2021 11:22:21 AM PDT
by
ChuckHam
To: Magnatron
The mayor called them ‘weapons of war’
Teeth, fingernails, and knuckles are all weapons of war.
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posted on
07/08/2021 11:23:33 AM PDT
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: Magnatron
Aside from any hotel restrictions there might be for firearms on the premises, how is this "two felony counts of aggravated unlawful use of weapons/loaded"? Illinois preemption law grandfathered in Chicago's preexisting laws, so ARs and laser sights are illegal in Chicago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Illinois#Local_laws
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posted on
07/08/2021 11:23:34 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Magnatron
Let me guess - he was white, and the guns were not found on the South side.
Because otherwise, it wouldn’t have mattered.
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posted on
07/08/2021 11:28:12 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: Magnatron
Iowa enacted Constitutional Carry as of July 1st. How many guns would they find if they searched a South-Side Chicago housing complex? They’d need a truck to haul them all away. Then again, the residents would be the “right color “ and not subject to search.
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posted on
07/08/2021 11:30:17 AM PDT
by
howlinhound
(Live your life so that, when you get up in the morning, Satan says, "Oh Crap!..He's awake" - Unknown)
To: Yo-Yo
The United States Constitution did not grandfather in Chicago’s illegal restrictions. The possession charges are garbage and deserve to be tossed.
That said, I’m curious about why they were (allegedly) left out and sitting by a window. Maybe totally innocent, maybe not. If they have actual evidence this guy was planning an attack, then I’m glad it was stopped. If they don’t have evidence an attack was about to happen, they should be returning his firearms and apologizing to him immediately. Somebody get Alan Gura on the phone so he can slap Chicago around in court again.
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posted on
07/08/2021 11:32:50 AM PDT
by
2aProtectsTheRest
(The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
To: lepton
and yet 100 people were shot this weekend in Chicago and they arrested no one. I guess they were shot by weapons of peaceful protest or something like that.
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posted on
07/08/2021 11:41:35 AM PDT
by
Bayan
To: Magnatron
The Mayor is right. I have a bunch of them!!
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posted on
07/08/2021 11:44:10 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
(Get off your ass and earn it!)
To: Magnatron
Brown noted the employee's discovery was significant because hotels have not been cleaning rooms daily due to Covid-19 restrictions.So they aren't cleaning hotel rooms? The filth in there is much worse than Covid.
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posted on
07/08/2021 11:46:09 AM PDT
by
JonPreston
(Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
To: howlinhound
“Iowa enacted Constitutional Carry as of July 1st. How many guns would they find if they searched a South-Side Chicago housing complex?
Not sure how Iowa is related to Chicago.
To: Magnatron
The weapons were discovered by an employee of the W Chicago Lakeshore Hotel who went into Casteel's room to clean it, Four words: "Do Not Disturb" sign.
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posted on
07/08/2021 11:49:44 AM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: TexasGator
It’s where the mayor says they get their guns from.
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posted on
07/08/2021 11:50:04 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(I Identify As Vaccinated)
To: Magnatron
[[Man arrested after guns were found in his Chicago hotel room. The mayor called them ‘weapons of war’]]
he had fully automatic machine guns in his room?
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posted on
07/08/2021 11:50:47 AM PDT
by
Bob434
To: 2aProtectsTheRest
Was there a fireworks display scheduled? It sounds like the room overlooks where the crowd would be. The article makes it sound like he was gong to snipe the crowd, hiding the rifles report with the fireworks. Kind of a mini-Las Vegas attack.
Good thing he’s on the FBI’s radar, now. (((eyeroll)))
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posted on
07/08/2021 11:54:10 AM PDT
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: Magnatron
I also wondered how an untouched firearm sitting in an empty room is being “used”, much less in an “aggravated” manner. I guess this is under the “they also serve who stand and wait” clause...
The situation does beg some questions:
1) Why oh why would anyone go to Chicago?
2) Why would someone who visited Chicago anyway, leave a loaded rifle in a hotel room, in clear view, by a window? 3) Why did the hotel staff report this to police instead of stealing and selling the firearms, as would be normal. It’s not as if the owner was likely to run to the CPD crying “gee, someone just stole my loaded, scoped .308 rifle right out from under the window in my high rise hotel room.”
Speculative Diagnosis: government operation or guns of irresponsible government agent. Maybe the guest belongs to one of Pelosi’s new Capitol Police cells. Where is Lt. Boyd these days?
To: Magnatron
"...Judge David R. Navarro told Casteel Tuesday that he understands the man is permitted to possess firearms in his home state of Iowa, but added, "clearly we are not in Iowa." Casteel's permit doesn't allow him to carry or have his weapons in Chicago, prosecutors said..."Amdenment II
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
So, apparently Chicago is not under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Constitution.
But, hell, we knew that.
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posted on
07/08/2021 11:54:51 AM PDT
by
budj
(Combat vet, 2nd of three generations.)
To: Magnatron
Five rifle magazines were also found, according to Casteel's arrest report.Guns & Ammo? Field and Stream?
To: Magnatron
The Chicago police need to keep up with the times.
Resident Xiden already told us that "weapons of war" are F-15's and nuclear weapons. LOL
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posted on
07/08/2021 11:57:27 AM PDT
by
Tell It Right
(1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
To: gundog
The article makes it sound like he was gong to snipe the crowd, hiding the rifles report with the fireworks. Kind of a mini-Las Vegas attack.He must have had a deadly bump stock bolt action .308”
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posted on
07/08/2021 11:59:14 AM PDT
by
broken_clock
(Go Trump! Still praying.)
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