Democrats strike again

[BIgDaddyChia]

By P. SOLOMON BANDA Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 08/24/2008 07:38:34 PM MDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was briefly evacuated from her downtown Denver hotel on Saturday when a man carrying two hunting rifles and two pistols tried to check in to the hotel.

Secret Service spokesman Malcolm Wiley said 29-year-old Joseph Calanchini of Pinedale, Wyo., faces a charge of unlawful carrying of a weapon after police officers at the Grand Hyatt hotel noticed him carrying a rifle-type case while checking in. Calanchini did not have a concealed weapons permit, said Lance Clem, spokesman for the Colorado Department of Public Safety.

Wiley said authorities were not releasing information about whether the weapons were loaded because the case remained under investigation. Wiley said the charge is the same whether the weapons were loaded or unloaded.

Pelosi and other guests briefly evacuated the hotel but were never in danger, Pelosi spokesman Brendan Daly said.

Calanchini told KUSA-TV it was bad timing.

"I didn't even know the DNC was in town. I don't watch the news," Calanchini told the station from jail before he was released on $10,000 bond. "If I had known, I would have done things differently. It was a simple mistake."

Calanchini told KUSA he had the weapons because he was getting ready for a hunting trip Aug. 28.

Authorities were investigating a report that Calanchini was in town on business and had had the weapons worked upon, including mounting of site scopes, to prepare for the trip.

"The speaker was never in any danger and she appreciates the quick and professional response of the police," said Daly.

[TRNDRVR]

So the republicans would've handled this differently how???




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[Steve_Moore]

So what? :doh:

[ehall]

So the republicans would've handled this differently how???
They'd have invited the guy up for a beer

[scottmcneal]

That was a bone head move on his side.. But to throw the guy in jail is just BS to me.. The news last night said the guy was going hunting and he had all his permits.. So if we get the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to show up by my house when hunting season opens i can't go right? The world is going to hell in a basket..

[tbburg]

..., after police officers at the Grand Hyatt hotel noticed him carrying a rifle-type case while checking in. Calanchini did not have a concealed weapons permit,...So now you need a concealed weapons permit to carry a cased rifle?


Wonderful.

[GSequoia]

Woudln't have changed a thing if it was a democrat or republican, this was because of some city law or another that he broke.

Rule here is when carrying weapons always do it legally. If you're traveling with them take your head out of your ass and see what the rules are in the areas you're traveling through.

[TRNDRVR]

They'd have invited the guy up for a beerYeah right.

Get f*cking real!!!

[kujito]

Ridiculous, what was he supposed to do; walk into the hotel with the unloaded rifles slung on his back and the unloaded pistols holstered on his hips? Leave the weapons in his/the rental car? No. You bring your guns into the hotel unloaded and in a case, so they can be stored in the hotel safe until you leave (to hunt, not necessarily to check out).

Wyoming guy arrested in Colorado. I'd wager that he's done this before. He just happened to get unlucky with his timing. Any other time, that guy would have gone totally unnoticed.

[buschwhaked]

They'd have invited the guy up for a beer

Probably would have invited this guy up as well.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/13/arkansas.shooting/index.html

[TRNDRVR]

Probably would have invited this guy up as well.Yeah well, you know them conservative hate mongers......

[kujito]

Just checked, the first deer/elk hunt of the season starts Sat. 8/30/08. A couple of bird hunts open 9/1 as well.
I understand taking the extra security precautions, but I really hope they don't end up charging this guy. Yes, I'm presuming that he's innocent. I see no proof of wrongdoing, just poor judgement.

[scottmcneal]

The dumbocrats know they are hated.. But it's ok to throw us in jail for hunting.... Just more wood on the fire... I just pray i can pay the TAXES when they raise them... We have to pay these aholes millions a year to keep them happy, right train? Obuthead/ bama only made 4 mill last year..Can i get in office an do the same thing? Your off an running boys...LOL

[Darky]

Ridiculous, what was he supposed to do; walk into the hotel with the unloaded rifles slung on his back and the unloaded pistols holstered on his hips? Leave the weapons in his/the rental car? No. You bring your guns into the hotel unloaded and in a case, so they can be stored in the hotel safe until you leave (to hunt, not necessarily to check out).

Wyoming guy arrested in Colorado. I'd wager that he's done this before. He just happened to get unlucky with his timing. Any other time, that guy would have gone totally unnoticed.
You leave the guns in the car and let the hotel staff know you have them and plan on bringing them in and storing them in the safe or your room, or wherever. If you're not in an open carry state (I don't know if CO is or not) don't carry openly.

[TRNDRVR]

The dumbocrats know they are hated.. I rest my case. :banghead:

[kujito]

Colorado is open carry with obvious exceptions (gov. buildings, schools, etc.) Buildings where weapons are prohibited must post signs stating so at all public entrances.

[XJEEPER]

http://www.atf.treas.gov/firearms/statelaws/23rdedition/colorado.pdf

Did the police actually press charges?

With a Congressional approval rating below 10%........... :dunno:

[YELLAHEEP]

The thing that strikes me as a bit suspicious...... and probably was suspicious to the Hotel staff that saw him carrying in the gun cases.........

Why check into a Hotel in DOWNTOWN DENVER? I can't figure out how that'd be a good place to "prepare" for a hunting trip when you're from Wyoming. I don't think there's many - if any - gun shops downtown that would be apealing enough for a hunter to bring his rifles all the way from Wyoming to have sights/scopes installed.......

Still seems a bit fishy to me. And I imagine that's why they booked him and made him bond. They'll want to do a full background on the guy to see if he's a Donkey hater or something.

My $.02 anyway...... :dunno:

[IslanderOffRoad]

"I didn't even know the DNC was in town. I don't watch the news," Calanchini told the station from jail before he was released on $10,000 bond. "If I had known, I would have done things differently. I would have brought bigger guns, and more ammo.

fixed.

[buschwhaked]

The dumbocrats know they are hated.. But it's ok to throw us in jail for hunting.... Just more wood on the fire... I just pray i can pay the TAXES when they raise them... We have to pay these aholes millions a year to keep them happy, right train? Obuthead/ bama only made 4 mill last year..Can i get in office an do the same thing? Your off an running boys...LOL

Name calling is SOOOO elementry school...:smoker:

[scottmcneal]

With a Congressional approval rating below 10%........... It's that high?

[Bent]

The dumbocrats know they are hated.. But it's ok to throw us in jail for hunting.... Just more wood on the fire... I just pray i can pay the TAXES when they raise them... We have to pay these aholes millions a year to keep them happy, right train? Obuthead/ bama only made 4 mill last year..Can i get in office an do the same thing? Your off an running boys...LOL
:rolleyes:

Ever from way over hear on the far right, you still sound like a dumb XXXX.

[Tom R.]

Name calling is SOOOO elementry school.
elementary ;)

[scottmcneal]

:rolleyes:

Ever from way over hear on the far right, you still sound like a dumb XXXX.

I know, but I don't really care about all this crap... It is just some thing to do...:laugh3: Smile, it makes the day better

[woody]

On one hand... "not knowing" the DNC is in town this week is a thin straw...

On the other, if dude was really going game hunting, and just randomly checked into the same hotel as (insert name here) enroute to the killing fields... bad timing big time.

Edit: concur with Troy's take...

[buschwhaked]

elementary ;)
Witch I nevr maid it oot of!

What? The turd grade rockz!

[JNickel101]

Checking into a hotel with the intention of shooting someone....and carrying your gun cases in to the check-in counter with you? Come on...

I fail to see how the guy used any poor judgement. The rifles were properly cased. You're making it sound like he walked in there with a loaded rifle slung over his shoulder. What was he supposed to do, check in, then sneak them in thru the side door? Leave them in his truck so that some thug could break in, steal them, and use them to commit an actual crime?

"Elementry" indeed....lol

[SeansBlueXJ]

Checking into a hotel with the intention of shooting someone....and carrying your gun cases in to the check-in counter with you? Come on...

I fail to see how the guy used any poor judgement. The rifles were properly cased. You're making it sound like he walked in there with a loaded rifle slung over his shoulder. What was he supposed to do, check in, then sneak them in thru the side door? Leave them in his truck so that some thug could break in, steal them, and use them to commit an actual crime?

"Elementry" indeed....lol

x2 and the also mentioned he did not have a CCW, since when did one need a CCW for a properly unloaded and cased weapon? At least in PA "concealed" must be on your persons or in a car, loaded and accessable to the driver. This guy is doing neither. Over reactive cops shouldnt have arrested him.

There was a case in Richmond VA a while ago. Open cary while not popularly praticed is legal. A man rode a city bus with a holstered visable gun. cops were called showed up, checked him for legality of the weapon and warrants, when both were ok, he was sent on his way gun and all. That's what SHOULD have happened here.

[DWK]

http://www.atf.treas.gov/firearms/statelaws/23rdedition/colorado.pdf

Did the police actually press charges?

With a Congressional approval rating below 10%........... :dunno:


How does it go? 98% of all statistics are made up? Congressional approval rates for 2008 have been as high as 33%, and only as low as 13%, according to http://www.pollingreport.com/CongJob.htm . And it's not substantially worse than what the Republican ran congress was.

[Bent]

And it's not substantially worse than what the Republican ran congress was.
As a Republican I’d like to point out that the Republicans didn’t do a substantially better job.
:shhh:

[Ecomike]

So the republicans would've handled this differently how???




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Republicans probably would sent him to Guantonimo as a Terrorist already!