All the conspiracy theorist are ignoring that these are people with criminal records and current open warrants. And hunting season is a long way off.
This sounds to me like some guys that were dealing weapons.
Sixteen guns is a lot to bring to a hotel in Denver.
Elk season does not start until August/September.
More likely these guys were buying and selling guns without a license.
Ok fine but this will have to be a proven fact. It could very well be true or it could be 100 percent fabricated. More often then not the police use every trick in the book to paint the suspect as a criminal. In a nutshell, the lie very often.