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.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 an upcoming hunting trip.
Calanchini remained at Denver City Jail today on $10,000 bond, said Denver Sheriff's Deputy Danny Steckman.
Elk season is coming, these SS morons need to get a damned clue - this isnt Philly, we own and carry rifles here routinely in the west.
Further more it was a cased long gun, as per law for transporting a rilfe. So they popped him for a CONCEALED weapon? What's he suppsoed to do, walk around with it over his shoulder?
Gimme a break. Denver and the SS have lost its damned mind! This is a clear violation of state constitution and law on transport of weapons, and the second amendment. I hope he sues and gets a couple of SS and D-PD officers relieved of their jobs.