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I'm in the Chicago area working - odd none of the Chicago news outlets have reports - found these out of Iowa news feeds (UPDATE - Dramatic Chicago link below): https://abcnews.go.com/US/iowa...om/story?id=78693737 An Iowa man has been arrested after a rifle and ammunition were found near a window inside his hotel room in downtown Chicago on the Fourth of July, officials said. A member of the cleaning staff at the W Hotel alerted authorities about firearms he found "in a very suspicious position inside one of the rooms" on Sunday, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said Tuesday. https://www.kcci.com/article/a...-hotel-room/36943025 CHICAGO — Chicago police said an Ankeny man has been arrested after staff found a rifle inside his hotel room. Chicago police say 32-year-old Keegan Casteel was arrested without incident Sunday evening. Officers recovered the rifle and another gun from the 600 block of North Lake Shore Drive at the W Hotel. Police said cleaning staff found the rifle on the windowsill. “Our joint terrorism task force officers debrief interviewed this person along with a companion and we are continuing this investigation. The circumstances are this, the employee alerted us we made contact with this person, made the arrest, began interviews, and also conducting gun tracing of both the rifle and the handgun for further investigation. There's no previous history of this person nor any other issues in our federal data bases, but obviously very concerning given the position of the W Hotel to Navy Pier," said Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown. Castell is charged with two felony counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. He's set to appear in court Tuesday. OK - in Chicago news also: https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2...e-handgun-navy-pier/ "No matter where you go - there you are" | ||
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So did this person actually break any laws? Is it illegal to have these firearms in your hotel room in Chicago? ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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The only hope I have is the phrase, "very suspicious position". I mean, damn, when I was at my carbine class, The cleaning lady came in and I had one queen size bed covered in 2AR's, handguns, 20 mags and ammo all being loaded. This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it. -Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Joshua Painter Played by Senator Fred Thompson | |||
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Per the Chicago News article: Prosecutors said Casteel admitted owning the guns, but he does not have a Firearm Owners Identification card, which is required to legally possess a gun in Illinois. "No matter where you go - there you are" | |||
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Well, it’s Chicago, so I guess the pistol and rifle are illegal w/o some kinda Foid card…he’s from IOwa so I bet that’s what the hooked him up on. "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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More bad reporting. FOID cards are required for Illinois residents. If he is an Iowa resident, he does not need a FOID card. He may be violating Illinois or Chicago gun laws, but not failure to possess a FOID card. _____________________________________________________________________ “One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.” – Thomas Sowell | |||
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^^^^ Yep. I saw that article on WGN early this am so I doubt there was any hiding of this story. Besides it would have been overshadowed by the local body count. | |||
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I must have missed that part of the Second Amendment, where it speaks about appearances. Though, I do believe that Thomas Paine covered this in his 1777 pamphlet, Positional Musketry. | |||
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This whole affair smells of politics. The police chief and mayor have been under fire to stop the killing and this is something they latched onto. AVERTING DISASTER makes a juicy headline. | |||
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I hear the rifle had on crotchless panties and nothing else. | |||
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Hahaha | |||
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As I read the statute under which he is charged I wonder what he had done to warrant this response. I'm thinking he had loaded magazines and that was the grounds for the arrest.
Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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Maybe? If he had it set up as a firing position ? | |||
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I have to admit, crotchless panties on a rifle are nearly irresistible......unless those panties are super plus size. Then she'd better be a GAU-8. You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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Well, since we're doing the John Lennon, perhaps he placed the scoped rifle and ammunition in a provocative position, so it could be found. Maybe it was art. So, now we are arresting people for deviant art? "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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Since we share a surname (Casteel) of course I'm trying to find out if we are related. He has a remarkably empty web presence. I found one record that tells me 3 places he has lived. He has a rudimentary family tree (him and his parents) but all are labeled "private" because they're all still alive and I'm not privy to that information. I do have distant relations in Iowa, so it's not impossible that we are kin. Of course, it matters not a whit whether or not we are distantly related--it's just curiosity on my part. flashguy ETA: I have done some more web searching and pieced together a tentative family linkage, and it's entirely possible that he is a distant relative (5th to 7th Cousin, I'd guess). The "Casteel" family covers a lot of ground. FWIW, everyone is assuming that he was preparing to shoot folks gathered for the July 4th fireworks at the beach. Admittedly, the loaded rifle is very suspicious, but I don't think one should immediately assume the worst. Most of the encounters with the law previously occurred when he was a teenager, who apparently was a gearhead and liked to drink. I think we need to see what the investigation turns up before we label him a domestic terrorist. (And I'd say that, even if he were not a possible relative.)This message has been edited. Last edited by: flashguy, Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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Did he have special glass cutters to make round holes? I cant specifically remember but I think all the hotels I stayed in had no windows that could open. Just saying. Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows. Benjamin Franklin | |||
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The article doesn't mention any shots being fired...how is any of this "use of a weapon"? I believe (but am not an Illinois attorney much less an attorney in general, so I may well be wrong here) that if you are a paid guest in a hotel, that is your "legal dwelling" for the duration of your stay. If so, the charges can't/won't stick, according to the structure of the statute. 1 . blah blah blah 'except when on his or her' blah 'legal dwelling' 2: blah blah blah 'except when on his or her' blah 'legal dwelling' And the structure says, if you don't violate the first or second paragraphs, the 'following factors' don't apply.This message has been edited. Last edited by: joel9507, | |||
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Of course he had an “arsenal”, an “AR-15” in .308 no less, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, laser sight (I’ll bet $100 it’s a red dot), etc. Is there a pamphlet or something that gets passed out that explains to people how to blow these things way out of proportion? I really like the “Loaded Rifle” part of the headline as no where in the article does anyone say the rifle was loaded, but rather five loaded magazines on a window sill. Mayor Lightfoot from the third article linked in the first post: “I’ve traveled to many states in my day. I didn’t think to take an arsenal with me. This wasn’t a firearm for personal protection. What he had was weapons of war. Five loaded magazines? That’s not, ‘I’m going to the big city, and I want to take my weapon,’ That’s something more nefarious, and luckily because of the really quick work of the hotel worker, a tragedy was averted,” she said. I’ll bet she doesn’t travel around Chicago without an armed escort. Now why would that be? Could it be: Sunday Night Was ‘A Disaster’: Large Crowds Bring ‘Massive Chaos And Mayhem’ To The Loop At End Of July 4th Celebrations “CHICAGO (CBS)– Fireworks aimed at police officers and crowds, police cruisers damaged, illegal guns toted around in backpacks: That is how a downtown alderman detailed the issues with massive crowds in the city this weekend. “Sunday night was a disaster,” said Ald. Brian Hopkins. “We had massive chaos and mayhem downtown. We had guns in backpacks. Guns in pockets. A large number of firearms present.” CBS 2 has reported on these mass crowds, and issues associated with them, for years, especially the past few months. Looking back on the chaos downtown on Sunday night, Chicago Police say they had it under control.” The one article says the only thing he was charged with was illegal possession in the city and they can’t hold him for that. The guy was dumb though for leaving his stuff lying around. I would like to know why all the people arrested while running around the Loop with guns on their person didn’t get their names and faces plastered all over the news or deserve a disaster averted press conference from the Mayor. It’s a real puzzler. | |||
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A single guy with a rifle and 5 mags worth of ammo wouldn’t impact Chicago’s homicide rate anyway, not news worthy  | |||
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