I was hoping to get some help from people who might have already done this. So I’m going to Las Vegas with some family this weekend. Never been to any Casinos at all in LV/NV. Just recently got my AZ CCW license, and was hoping someone can guide me on the concealed carry policy in Vegas casinos. Have any of you guys carried in a casino there? Any issues you have encountered? Or if you can, let me know what casino you concealed carried in so I can decide just to leave my firearm in my room and not not have to drive back to leave it. lol
I carry in NV any where it is legal. I don’t worry about policy because I carry concealed. I haven’t been to LV in years. They didn’t have metal detectors when I was there, I don’t know if they have them there now. Hope this helps.
Carry concealed, and I mean truly concealed not the “nobody notices a little printing” nonsense I hear on social media sometimes.
I carried in the Wynn, Encore, and Caesar’s last week. Last year I carried in the Palazzo. Others as well but those are the biggest names recently
RE: Alcohol, Nevada has a 0.08 BAC limit.
We rented a car from Enterprise. When we dropped it off in the garage, I got out with the luggage and safely unholstered my gun to unload it and put it in the lock box right there in the garage next to the car we were dropping off. Same as prior years. No issues.
I have read of several cases where this has happened. If you are staying at the Casino and they find a firearm on you or in your luggage you would then be forced to leave your firearm in your vehicle. I personally know a couple of people who have had their vehicles broken into in the Vegas area. A look at the local police logs will show this is a regular occurrence especially at Casinos.
Also something to consider on the North side of town-
North Las Vegas Code § 9.32.080. Deadly weapon prohibited in vehicle:
It is unlawful for any person to have in his possession in any automobile, truck, motorcycle, or any other type of vehicle any dangerous or deadly weapon, but this restriction shall not be deemed to prohibit the carrying of ordinary tools or equipment carried in good faith for uses of honest work, trade or business, or for the purpose of legitimate sport or recreation
This law violates State preemption laws but I have been told that North Vegas LEOs may still be illegally enforcing it. My understanding is under this code you need to show you are carrying for work or going directly to or from a place where you are going to recreationally shoot. State preemption gives you an affirmative defense but may not prevent you from facing a whole bunch of hassles if you got pulled over.
I used to travel to Las Vegas quite a bit and in my research discovered that the laws around firearms differ dramatically between municipalities, with North Las Vegas being among the worst. When I was traveling there in the mid 2010s, it was illegal to have firearm in your vehicle in North Las Vegas unless it was locked in the trunk.
Nevada does have non-resident carry permits that over-ride its goofy local ordinances, and you would be well advised to get one if you regularly travel there. There are places that offer CCW free training (a day long class where you learn very little but legislators think it’s necessary) and the mandatory shooting to demonstrate competency. It’s a joke, I know, but unless you want to hire a Nevada lawyer to defend you, it’s one of the hoops to jump through if you plan on legally carrying a firearm in Las Vegas.
Live here, carry everywhere here, even OC’d in a bar here with the bartender schooling a tourist that questioned it about NV gun friendly culture and laws.
If there is a more gun friendly state to gun owners I’ve never been to it, and I have traveled through 46 out of the 50 and a few of the “Territories”. Bring your gun, don’t make an issue where there is none, don’t get drunk while Concealed Carrying, and make concealed “CONCEALED”. You’ll be fine.
Actually these days I would argue that at least 26 states are better than NV because there are 26+ permitless carry states. NV is in the bottom half from the word Go
On the books maybe. Laws are laws, and I can open carry anywhere in this state including police and many government buildings with ZERO hassles and getting a CCW is EASY!!!
So maybe as laws go others MIGHT BE better, but from living here I can say in no uncertain terms that within the general population, especially when you are out of the big cities, the people of Nevada are the most pro gun and welcoming of anything gun related I have ever met and I have tons of examples from personal experiences since I moved here over a year ago.
As do I from the states with objectively better laws.
We can’t really compare experiences…I mean we can, I can tell you that my experiences were better than yours (they were), but that’s harder to compare. The laws, we can compare. Nevada is the bottom half. Not only is it not permitless, they don’t even recognize my state’s permit. What kind of crap is that?
Before IN went permitless, they already accepted all other state permits. Still do.
They also issue at age 18 and have fewer places off limits. NV 18, 19, and 20 year olds can’t concealed carry even with a permit (can’t get one unless military)…what kind of crap is that? Since when do 20 year olds not have a 2A Right?
NV is certainly better than CA, so, there’s that.
lol…it’s not that bad. CA is a few orders of magnitude more shitty of course. But, 18-20 year olds cannot conceal and a permit is required to conceal and they don’t recognize all out of state permits either…that is a big negative
In NV, there is no law against open carry… but there is no law for it either.
Carry your pistol concealed at all times in NV. Especially in Las Vegas. Especially if it’s during summer and 115 degrees Fahrenheit in the shade. You sure don’t want to have to go face down on the sidewalk in that heat and get cooked while the cops are on you. All it will take is the right idiot to see you carrying open and call the cops – and it’s on!
Conceal in NV at all times. That’s my take. I lived in Las Vegas and worked in the Gaming business for about twenty years. Concealed is the only way to fly in that town.
No, the casinos will not let you carry open inside the casino. They will send Security after you and tell you to get the pistol off the property – NOW! Can’t remember all the people who walked into the casino and we had to ask them to leave. They argue and carry on about how it’s legal to carry open in NV. That may well be true, but two problems with that: it’s not widely known nor recognized. The other problem is that while you are inside a casino, it’s not a public place, as most people perceive it to be. It’s private property 100% and they have every right to tell you what you can and cannot bring onto their property. And they don’t like the public openly carrying guns in the casino. Most Gaming establishments absolutely will not tolerate it. Raise enough fuss with them and you’ll be 86 and read the Nevada Revised Statute 207.200 and that will be the end of your stay in that place.
And don’t be drinkin’ while you’re carrying! If you’re gonna drink alcohol – leave the gun in a secure place.
The way laws in the USA are supposed to work (I am not a lawyer, this is not legal advice), is “that which is not prohibited, is permitted”
I can’t find a law that says it’s legal to wear a white baseball cap in a church on a Thursday. Is that illegal because there isn’t a law for it? Silly example, but it proves the point…we should be looking for a law that says you can’t do something…not requiring a law saying you can"
Open carry is legal in Nevada without a permit. Anyone 18 and older who can legally possess a firearm may openly carry virtually anywhere in the state. For open carry in a vehicle, the firearm may be anywhere except concealed upon the person without a concealed firearms permit. Open carry is actually legal in more places than concealed carry is. Signs on public buildings only prohibit concealed carry. Areas that are off-limits include school premises, including parking lots and wherever legislature is conducting business.
Open carry is actually more legal in NV than concealed carry. Concealed requires a permit, open does not
