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SB452 gives casinos of a certain size the ability to call the police whenever anyone but law enforcement carries a firearm onto their property without staff having to first give them a warning.
Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro presented the measure during a four-hour joint session of the Senate and Assembly Judiciary Committees Saturday.
“Private businesses already have the ability to prohibit firearms on their premises. That is something they may already do, and we are trying to seek to make sure that is something they can properly enforce,” said Cannizzaro.
While presented as a matter of public safety, opponents saw it as a dramatic violation of civil liberties.
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Las Vegas is really kind of the heart of Nevada. The things people think of when they think of the state all, for the most part, revolve around what made Las Vegas what it is today. Namely, casinos and gambling.
Yet Nevada used to also be a very pro-gun state. People visiting Las Vegas from other countries would hop on over to a range and shoot guns the likes of which they could never even look at legally in their home nations.
It’s unfortunate that you can’t really carry a gun into a casino, though. Despite both being things that Vegas and Nevada are known for, lawmakers don’t want them to mix.
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