If you have a desire to show-off any firearms, a great place would be at the DEF CON shoot. If the hotel finds you are carrying and tells you that you are not allowed to carry, accept and understand DEF CON can't over-rule the hotel, and the hotel can go further to kick you off the premises, and go further and ban you from returning for years, and if you return, have you arrested for trespassing it is their property and we can't override them. Short answer? If you carry, do so legally, and don't let others see that you are carrying. There have been jokes about "fanny packs" in the past and is assumed true. It is assumed there are feds that carry concealed firearms while at con. * "Nobody should ever be handling their firearm or allow other people to handle or play-with a firearm at the con in any of our DEF CON spaces." * "If you have a firearm, leave that *expletive deleted* in your room, room safe, or checked-in with the hotel" * "Nobody has any reason to carry firearms at the convention other than hired security" Outside of any official DEF CON statements on carrying firearms while at the con, there have been several "senior goons" (at least 3, probably more) that have publicly stated things like: If you are law enforcement, and can legally carry concealed weapons in Nevada, and do not have your weapons visible, you probably won't have any problem, and if someone does observe it, you may be questioned, but probably left to keep carrying. If you have a legal CCW and your location of origin/life has reciprocity with Nevada, and the firearm remains concealed, it is doubtful anyone will complain as they won't know to complain. The hotel's security (and probably goons if hotel security isn't there first) will approach you if you open-carry, and probably kick you out if you handle, or let others handle your firearm holstered or unholstered. In all the docs I have read, DEF CON accepts the rules of the hotel on things like this. Tl dr version- Can people carry guns at Defcon? What's the story with that with the hotels' policies and does Defcon have any internal rules about it? If not for Defcon shoot I would probably leave my gun at home and not deal with the TSA hassle, but if I'm going to bring it anyway I would rather wear it on me than leave it unguarded in my room (and I have a CHL). Had a questions about carrying a gun inside the hotels- I carry a gun everyday where I live, it's just what I'm used to but I also know that many of the casinos are gun free zones. This is my first time attending Defcon and really looking forward to it and the pre-shooting- I hope I'll be able to make it.
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