This case just keeps getting stranger by the minute:

Guess who’s engaged?

https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n...Zjwq&lang=en_US&s=i0

“After being released on bond following his arrest for bringing a rifle and handgun to his lakefront Chicago hotel room, an Iowa man proposed to his girlfriend outside the 18th District headquarters.
Keegan Casteel, 32, of Ankeny, Iowa, is charged with two felony counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, police said. Casteel owns an auto repair shop in Des Moines.

Bla, bla, bla...

Casteel's girlfriend was also in the room, prosecutors said, and law enforcement sources tell the I-Team that their two children were also on the trip.
As part of the conditions of his bond, Casteel will be allowed to return to Iowa if he's released. While prosecutors said Casteel has an Iowa gun permit, Judge Navarro told him "clearly, we are not in Iowa" and noted that the weapons found in the hotel room are in police custody“

There might be some kind of half-assed legal maneuver his lawyer has in mind, but to me, this type of thing is not uncommon. Some people react to a crisis (such as being arrested and charged with felonies) by drawing those around them, closer to themselves.

Who knows? The entire story is kinda screwy. It's not as if he didn't have an opportunity before to propose, since they have two kids together. Maybe he had planned to propose before he was arrested.

To do list:

Set up sniper's nest

Pop the question

This whole thing is idiotic, ignorant, antigun pantyhose wearing leftists getting freaked out at the sight of a freaking firearm.

Jesus...if you're traveling through a commie shithole and staying the night, keep your firearms out of sight when away from your room.

Can a non Illinois resident obtain a FOID card, or a non resident CCW permit? If not, somewhat of a Catch 22 for anyone that is not an Illinois resident in the state having a gun. If you have a gun in your possession and are from another state you may be guilty of violating Illinois laws that you cannot in any way possibly comply. Not that I have any interest in traveling to Illinois unless I absolutely must.

Non-residents of Illinois are not permitted to obtain a FOID card, however, there are exemptions if the non-resident is employed in Illinois as a security guard, law enforcement officer or by the US military.
The law does allow non-residents to apply for an Illinois Concealed Carry Licenses for a fee of $300 if their state's concealed carry license laws are determined by the Illinois State Police as “substantially similar” or stronger than Illinois' requirements.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
...The law does allow non-residents to apply for an Illinois Concealed Carry Licenses for a fee of $300 if their state's concealed carry license laws are determined by the Illinois State Police as “substantially similar” or stronger than Illinois' requirements.

I am certain we in Iowa CANNOT obtain an IL non-resident permit. I looked into this several years ago before we went constitutional carry.

Well the statutues state the regulations must be equivalent or greater than those of Illiniois. I suspect that is the issue.

Whew. Disaster averted.

The thought crime police have triumphed again.

The politicians seem certain that some mass murder was avoided somehow. What evidence is there?

Meanwhile 22 were killed over the July 4th - what's the arrest and conviction rate for Chicago?

Never mind......

OK...I'm confustigated by the charge, "...unlawful USE of a weapon" [emphasis mine]. Exactly HOW was Mr. Casteel "USING" the weapon if it was just lying on a window sill and he wasn't even present when the weapon(s) was found?? Color me puzzled......

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Originally posted by erj_pilot:
OK...I'm confustigated by the charge, "...unlawful USE of a weapon" [emphasis mine]. Exactly HOW was Mr. Casteel "USING" the weapon if it was just lying on a window sill and he wasn't even present when the weapon(s) was found?? Color me puzzled......

Under their law "use" doesn't mean what we commonly think it does. Possession without the FOID card is considered use.

Just having the gun at one end of your house and you at the other, without the FOID card, is considered to be using it.

It's BS and that's another reason to avoid that place if possible. Can an out of state resident get a FOID card? Yes with a $300 fee and the local Five-0 determination that the guns laws where you're coming from largely mirror theirs.

^^^^^
So in other words...



I appreciate the response!

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Originally posted by sgalczyn:
Obviously a setup.... With Covid all hotels have stopped cleaning rooms so the cleaning service finding weapons sounds fishy....

This is not true. Even at the height of covid you could request service, and it was common for there to be service at least once a week even if you didn’t request it, unless you put up a “do not disturb” sign.

Now many hotels have gone back to regular, daily service. I just stayed in a W a few weeks ago and maid service was daily again.

quote:

Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:

The law does allow non-residents to apply for an Illinois Concealed Carry Licenses for a fee of $300 if their state's concealed carry license laws are determined by the Illinois State Police as “substantially similar” or stronger than Illinois' requirements.

Well, being from New Hampshire,

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Originally posted by Russ59:
Meanwhile 22 were killed over the July 4th - what's the arrest and conviction rate for Chicago?

Currently it is 44.5%

However: “ Not all cases are cleared with an arrest and charges, however. Of the 329 cases, 134 were cleared by a category the department calls “exceptional,” which means police have identified a suspect, but either the suspect is dead or prosecutors said there was not enough evidence to approve charges.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com...4wlvrx62q-story.html

Which means 40% of the cleared cases do not have a “beyond reasonable doubt”
finding.

I've been traveling throughout the Corona as an airline pilot. Stayed in many motels in many states and Mexico and haven't had a single maid service since the craziness began. Was in a hampton inn over the 4th on vacation and were told no house cleaning until checkout. I'm sure there are exceptions and places where they have resumed daily cleaning, but I haven't seen it. So it does seem a bit curious as to why the maid would have been in the room.

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Originally posted by Icabod:
Which means 40% of the cleared cases do not have a “beyond reasonable doubt”
finding.

That is not what exceptionally cleared means. Exceptional clearance means a type of clearance other than cleared. It could be that the case was closed due to declination by the prosecution, transfer to federal court, the victim refuses to cooperate, or the suspect is deceased. My clearance rate has a large percentage of “exceptionally cleared” because the suspect goes federal. Where they get convicted or pled.

I think the actual clearance rate for murders in Chicago is around 9% to 13% (numbers I have heard from people in the department) and that is for arrests and charges issued. Those numbers make more sense when you compare them to Carjacking numbers on HeyJackass.com .

The media coverage featuring Lightfoot and Brown the police chief is ridiculous. DISASTER AVERTED ARSENAL OF WEAPONS CONFISCATED. Last year there were 1400 car jackings. Most by kids. Some as young as 13.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
...Lightfoot and Brown the police chief

It would be so freakin' cool if his name was Thunderbolt.