Concealed Handgun License??

[mrkilla]

you can assume that at the casino's most people wont be packing heat, however in underground/home games you can be sure some are. Heres your example
A while back when they busted up the NYC Poker rooms I Believe 4 people in total had weapons and only 1 had a gun. I may be off "slightly" on the numbers here but you get the point. but its also pretty hard to get a carry/conceal permit in NYC so I dunno. (on that note I doubt any body who does carry in NYC really cares for such a thing)

[JPinAZ]

You'll be hard pressed to find a casino in Las Vegas that's posted "no guns allowed".

[SjPdX]

There is no law in Nevada prohibiting concealed carry in a casino.

[JPinAZ]

Which is why I said it would be hard to find a casino that's posted.

[SjPdX]

Sorry, my stumbling way of agreeing with you. My bet is there are plenty of armed citizens carrying wads of cash and more than willing to protect their lives while playing in Nevada casinos.

[Nomad84]

My dad was walking into Winstar and saw the sign on the door prohibiting guns. He joked to his friend, "Guess I should've left my gun at home," not realizing that he was within earshot of security. They followed him very closely for quite a while [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] I'm pretty sure that all 4 of the OK casinos I've been to have had the same sign on the door.

[Jimbo]

I have a CCW, never do I carry in a casino but I always carry when in a private game.

Jimbo

Mississippi's concealed weapons' permit law specifically prohibits casinos, bars, etc. However, that didn't stop a guy from shooting up Casino Magic in Biloxi several years ago. IIRC, he killed several people. I don't recall, but I doubt he had a permit anyway. The people to fear are not the ones who go to the trouble to obtain a permit.

[jba]

concealed carry laws are specific to the state you are in.

very few states allow private businesses to prevent you from carring on private property. you can carry in the mall, banks, etc., that's kind of the whole point.

an almost universal exception to this rule is any business that serves alcohol can prohibit concealed carry. i think all states with concealed carry have this exception.

[Rabid_Hippo]

A little off-topic, but a private game I was at this weekend had its own "security". The guy seemed a little high-strung. In any event, about 6 hours into the game, the idiot shot himself in the leg with his pistol ... I have no idea what he was doing or why there was a round chambered ... but this idiot supposedly does this for a living. After making sure he didn't hit an artery or a bone (lucky) we called an ambulance and took off before the police showed up.

He's okay, but will NEVER live this down.

Oh, and I will never play that room again, he could just as easily shot one of us in the head.