Maddog 521
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I have looked several places to no avail. Is it legal to carry a concealed weapon in a Louisiana Casino? With the proper permit of course. Thanks
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I don't know the answer to this but...I personally would probably not carry while on the floor. There's security everywhere and I'd be afraid of getting mistook for a bad guy and shot if something went down.
Then again...if I were carrying, I would always have the options of leaving the gun holstered or "pulling it" if I was about to get shot.
Hmmm....this is something to ponder.
Then again...if I were carrying, I would always have the options of leaving the gun holstered or "pulling it" if I was about to get shot.
Hmmm....this is something to ponder.
Not No but Hello NO.
Carrying in any casino is illegal and carries a major jail term. Some casinos have metal detectors to make sure you are not carrying.
I have to get permission from up high to photo an accident scene in a casino. Even then I am told not to be armed when I am there. Only officers called to a casino on business is able to carry.
Why in the world would ANYONE feel the need to carry in a casino...anywhere??? I have spent many a day and many a night in casinos. Some were in the course of official business (albeit ancillary to the ob) but I never, ever, ever, ever considered CCW whilst engaged in fun stuff.
Yeah, I know someone will cite Laughlin but come on...you're safer in a casino than just about anywhere else on this planet. FTR, pull a gun in a casino and you will be in a world of trouble...or dead.
Be safe.
Yeah, I know someone will cite Laughlin but come on...you're safer in a casino than just about anywhere else on this planet. FTR, pull a gun in a casino and you will be in a world of trouble...or dead.
Be safe.
Because he might not want to live in the casino for the rest of his life, and might want to leave, even if people had seen him win money.
Maybe I misunderstand the situation. If the casinos escort all their customers home, then I retract my response.
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They do, but it'll be pretty expensive..and they usually don't work for the casino
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feralmerril
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I have gambled as much as anybody all over nevada and elsewhere. Once I was at the primm years ago and when I got home I found out a little girl was killed and raped in a restroom in the wee hours while her dad gambled. I once helped a employee take down a guy beating on his wife in the parking lot at a casino at laughlin. My best friends had just sold their house and was on their way to page az to pay for another, stopped at circus=circus on the way and my buddies wife was robbed in the parking lot with all the money and checks in her purse. They did get the purse back while chaseing the guy. I had another buddy napping in his car in a casino lot and a guy reached right under his nose and steal something. My buddy woke up and chased him, didnt catch him. (It was hot and his window was down, it was night). I belive if I thought hard I could come up with more 1st hand. Yup, I have packed many times as I have carried quite a bit of money going in or comeing out. I can also give many secound hand storys as one of my best friends worked security there and was a bodyguard to the family of probley the biggest name casino owner you all have heard of. We have swapped storys and I mean to tell you, you really are on your own in the parking lots! You dont think that crooks dont watch and see who wins and follows them out in the lot?
A casino will have a guard escort a patron to their vehicle. Once there, the patron can use their own firearm.
We see a lot of people claiming to be robbbed while inside or leaving a casino. By far the majority of these are using the excuse to cover for losing their money in the casino either so their spouse will not kill them, their insurance will cover the theft, they lost business bank deposits or to cover a business theft they made. While there are exceptions, most claims of robbery are bogus. Also, say you sold off a plot of land and then lost the money gambling. Are you going to tell everyone you lost the money gambling, report the alledged theft or tell the truth? The last time I sold property, I was given a check to put in the bank. Had it been stolen, there would not be a problem. Taking a lot of money out of the bank does not make sense when there are debit cards (I can get up to a $1,000 a day on mine and can call the bank if I need more).
I have seen ladies sit at the slots and play thousands off before crying about their losses and having to be walked to the door. I know of two business men that lost their entire businesses from gambling and later committed suicide rather than tell their families what they did. One borrowed $120,000 from the bank on his shop and lost it all in one night.
We see a lot of people claiming to be robbbed while inside or leaving a casino. By far the majority of these are using the excuse to cover for losing their money in the casino either so their spouse will not kill them, their insurance will cover the theft, they lost business bank deposits or to cover a business theft they made. While there are exceptions, most claims of robbery are bogus. Also, say you sold off a plot of land and then lost the money gambling. Are you going to tell everyone you lost the money gambling, report the alledged theft or tell the truth? The last time I sold property, I was given a check to put in the bank. Had it been stolen, there would not be a problem. Taking a lot of money out of the bank does not make sense when there are debit cards (I can get up to a $1,000 a day on mine and can call the bank if I need more).
I have seen ladies sit at the slots and play thousands off before crying about their losses and having to be walked to the door. I know of two business men that lost their entire businesses from gambling and later committed suicide rather than tell their families what they did. One borrowed $120,000 from the bank on his shop and lost it all in one night.
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Maddog 521
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I thought my question was legitiment. I carry concealed everyday, everywhere. A casino is just another place. Yes, some of their parking lots are strange scary places. If you take notice you will be amazed at what you will see, especially in parking garages. Be safe out there.
They don't mention it on the Louisiana State pages or the Handgun Law.Us pages. Thanks
They don't mention it on the Louisiana State pages or the Handgun Law.Us pages. Thanks
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Is there actually a LA state law that specifies casinos, or just about an establishment selling alcohol for consumption on premises?
CAJUNLAWYER
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Yes, there is an actual law. There are many laws about carrying that is not listed on the State Police site.
The alcohol consumption is not a factor since people can carry into a place of business offering drinks for consumption unless the business makes 51% of their gross proceeds from the sale of drinks. Casinos give away the drinks and make more from gaming and/or eating than alcohol sales.
BTW: Louisiana is overloaded with casinos but the state does not allow gambling. To get past the anti gambling law, it is called gaming here.
It used to be the only gambling allowed in the state was Bingo halls and they were for charity to the Catholic church.
I will locate the casino laws pertaining to gun carry and post it once I find it.
But common sense says people lose money in casinos. They get mad or get suicidal. If they are armed, then a problem can take place very fast.
feralmerril
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Oldman, everything you said is true, I have seen a lot! I started out gambling and hitting the casinos around early 1960s. A lot has changed since then in nevada. The early days most of the guards were armed. You hardly ever see a armed guard in nevada casinos now. I was NOT legal packing in my early years. I usualy carried a snubbed hammer model 60 just in my pants pocket for a good 25 years back then and never got called on it in nevada. Besides the friend I mentioned that was the bodyguard to the ----s, I had several more friends that worked security in various casinos and heard their war storys. Oddly, vegas was a better and safer place years ago when the mob ran it. (as long as you behaved yourself).
I am not sure how these indian casinos started out. I guess someone challanged gambling laws shouldnt apply to reservations and they started springing up. I think that worked and was pushed to the limit by some "groups" with money, finding indians liveing where the groups wanting a casino, romancing and backing the indians and starting casinos. This is all happened in only the last 35 years or so!
I find it "interesting" that here in utah no form of gameing is allowed even on reservations, yet the morman church owns and backs many of the banks and casinos in nevada. Also, there is a family group of poligamists, or a certain branch of them, that manufactors most if not all of the slot machines used at those indian casinos.
I hardly ever gambel now that I am remarried and retired. I cant afford to. All those years I gambeled heavy and went to casinos so much wasnt JUST about gambling, it was also about all the human storys and drama behind the scene,s. Every trip strange interesting things happened and intrigeing pieces of life were observed. That was half the fun for me. Funny those indian casinos started up soon after the mob was ran off?
I am not sure how these indian casinos started out. I guess someone challanged gambling laws shouldnt apply to reservations and they started springing up. I think that worked and was pushed to the limit by some "groups" with money, finding indians liveing where the groups wanting a casino, romancing and backing the indians and starting casinos. This is all happened in only the last 35 years or so!
I find it "interesting" that here in utah no form of gameing is allowed even on reservations, yet the morman church owns and backs many of the banks and casinos in nevada. Also, there is a family group of poligamists, or a certain branch of them, that manufactors most if not all of the slot machines used at those indian casinos.
I hardly ever gambel now that I am remarried and retired. I cant afford to. All those years I gambeled heavy and went to casinos so much wasnt JUST about gambling, it was also about all the human storys and drama behind the scene,s. Every trip strange interesting things happened and intrigeing pieces of life were observed. That was half the fun for me. Funny those indian casinos started up soon after the mob was ran off?
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hdfinder47
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Casinos prolly have Class "A" retail permits which would preclude CCW, but other than that possibility, I see no LA law concerning CCW there.
I am stil working on this but I called a friend last night. He is a retired state trooper and former head of security for one of the casinos. He said that if they catch someone with a gun, the person gets a lifetime ban from that casino and is reported to the State Police Gaming section that will then consider possible revocation of any concealed permits they might hold.
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I had never heard about the Mormon (LDS) church owning casinos in Nevada. Where is this information coming from, and which casinos do they own?
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Well I am back from Louisiana. I "did not" see any signs that said no firearms, nor did I see any metal detectors anywhere on or around the casino's. On the Handgun Laws web site they noted that it is not comfirmed yes or no about carrying concealed where alcohol is served. I guess they are looking at it again. There is no mention about casino's at all anywhere. oldman 45 if you find anything in writing please post it. Thanks
Not a matter of if but rather when. Either way, any law I find will be posted.
