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Originally Posted by YGOchamp
This is a pretty reasonable take on the issue, but I *think* I disagree with you. I'm of the mindset that I'd personally feel comfortable carrying a gun for myself (I don't fwiw), but I believe less guns in general is safer.
Very fair. I'm not even sure I agree with my own post on a truly empirical level, that's all sort of gut-level feeling.
To go on the extreme end of that feeling, one of my favorite eateries in town is a popular place for the California Highway Patrol. It's odd, because it's not really all that close to the nearest highway, and one of the other locations is right off I-80. But they go to this one place quite a bit. I'd say half the times I've been there around dinnertime, I've seen at least one CHP vehicle in the parking lot. I live in an ultra-safe town in general, but in those instances, there is a distinct and palpable "ain't-nothing-going-down-tonight" sense.
Anyway, that's the sense I would likely have if I knew someone at my table was armed – even though it might not actually be backed up the maths.
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Originally Posted by YGOchamp
Anywho, it could play out a million different ways, but I believe adding more guns will end up with more overall deaths if we ran the sims.
You might be right, and it would be very tough to ever know for sure. Too many other factors play into the stats. So for ever person who points to Chicago's gun violence numbers despite Illinois' and Cook County's policies, someone else will point to Port Arthur in Australia, then everyone is trading data points.
Getting back to the topic...
I did get curious to see what the weapons policies were at the different casinos. I started looking up each place one by one, then eventually stumbled upon this passage at the webzine
Concealed Nation:
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One of the most recognized casinos on the strip, the Bellagio has a staunch no firearms policy for guests and visitors. In fact, most every hotel and casino I’ve heard of that’s [on] the strip doesn’t allow firearms to be carried in by guests and visitors.
And this was in a Q&A in Anthony Curtis' Las Vegas Advisor:
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That said, most casinos don’t permit patrons to be armed when they enter. This has been the policy for many years, so there was no reason to change it after October 1. Though it’s not against the law to carry in a casino, if the casino, being private property, asks you to leave and you don’t, you can be arrested for armed trespassing. The same goes for any other private property, such as those with no-gun signs on the doors.
It's actually pretty easy to figure out which places have an outright ban on firearms as there are sites that call for a boycott of such places because, you know, principles.
So anyway, forget about whether or not carrying in a casino in necessary, I'm starting to wonder if the OP's concerns about Vegas casinos allowing it are necessary.