Posted on 07/15/2021 5:13:35 AM PDT by rellimpank
It’s still unknown why an Iowa man allegedly had a rifle with a laser scope in his hotel room overlooking a downtown Chicago beach over the Fourth of July weekend.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago police Superintendent David Brown have said they believe a disaster may have been averted, though no evidence has emerged that Keegan Casteel was planning any kind of attack.
But regardless of the motive, the discovery of Casteel’s .308-caliber rifle by cleaning staff at the W Chicago Hotel — as well as a similar incident before the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Denver — offers a stark reminder of what many security experts say remains a top concern for cities like Chicago, which is about to host Lollapalooza, one of the largest music festivals in the country.
Stopping the next real threat remains a major worry, the experts said, as hotels are not equipped to thwart attempts to bring weapons in and law enforcement can’t have eyes everywhere at once.
“We don’t know what (Casteel’s) intent was,” said Jeffrey Cramer, a former federal prosecutor who is now senior managing director of the Chicago-based security firm Guidepost Solutions. “But it doesn’t take much of a vivid imagination to wonder the damage a person can do with an arsenal in a hotel room. We’ve seen it. It’s not guesswork anymore.”
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
LOOTAPALOOZA!
OMG! A LASER Scope!!
What on Earth is a ‘laser scope’? Must be something that those scary guns have, along with “the shoulder thing that goes up”.
Oh, sure. That “right to keep and bear arms” thing is fine and all, but if we catch you actually doing that, we will explore your “intent” so that we can figure out why you were planning a massacre.
What the F$ck is a “LASER scope”?
Have we so soon forgotten ... STILL unsolved .... ?
Guilty or not, what kind of idiot leaves a .308 in a hotel room???
There was no concern expressed that Lightfoot’s life was endangered
I dunno, but the maid is an expert!
Laser scopes are accurate to 750,000 yards don’t ya know..
Heyjackass.com calls this time of year “Shootapalooza”, but “Lootapalooza” also works.
Someone who doesn’t want to leave it in their car?
“leave a firearm openly displayed in a hotel room?”
Things are getting weirder. The maid found it again? Just like Denver?
More info here. I am sure his girlfriend is pleased.:
“An Iowa man who was in custody in Chicago after police found a rifle with a laser sight in a hotel room that overlooks a Lake Michigan beach during the July Fourth weekend made bond and then proposed to his girlfriend upon his release.
Authorities say a member of the cleaning staff at the W Hotel told police on Sunday they observed the rifle, a handgun and ammunition in the room held by Keegan Casteel, 32. The weapons were found on a 12th floor window sill.”
Now I know where to get a throw away gun. Cool.
And the really powerful ones will burn a hole right through the victim, even bullet proof vests, before the bullet even gets there! They're for sale at gunshows & on the internet, cheap, with no background check & 90-day waiting period & like, government permission, even required!! Time for the Socialist Democrats to close "the laser scope loophole"!!!
\sarc
Planted. 100% goranteee.
Yeah, the dems are such heroes.
They probably planted it there themselves.
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