This is what happens when the average Joe Sixpack (or in this case, Joe Calanchini) doesn’t watch the news, has no idea what the hell is going on around him and goes about his peaceful life like nothing of importance is happening this year.  I’m not defending the actions of the “authorities” in question, when they descended upon Joseph Calanchini of Pinedale, Wy. after he was observed carrying “a rifle-type case” while checking into the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Denver, of all places!



Yes, it’s ridiculous that this guy was tossed in jail for daring to plan a hunting trip around the time the Democrats are converging upon Denver like a plague of ants upon a tuna fish sandwich left after a picnic.  I’m not a fan of licensing or punishing people for exercising their constitutional rights without permission from the government.

But it’s absurd to me that this asshat was so clueless that he had no idea the DNC was in town for their convention.  It’s absurd that he doesn’t watch the news and doesn’t know what the hell is going on in his own nation, let alone the rest of the world. 



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.

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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.”

I just love the drama, don’t you?  Pelosi and the other guests evacuated, shielded from the evil gun-toting would-be killer, who turned out to be nothing but an ignorant nimrod with a nonexistent grasp of what goes on in his own country.  I would wager a guess that Pelosi had nothing to fear from this dimwit.  It’s the rest of us who should be afraid… this jackass’ vote counts as much as ours!

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