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Well I have lingered on this forum ever since I got my CHL in April and have yet to say anything on the forum but I saw this post and figured this would be the best one for me to chime in on. I live in Dallas and work at a very large casino right on the other side of the border just off hwy35 as a hospitality/guest handler (long drive I know but it pays the bills and I really do love working there), In the three years I have worked there I have seen a number of casino guest carrying in the casino and I just keep on walking but god help you if a guard sees it printing through your shirt. Many a time I have seen the security supervisors fly into a frenzy when a guard somewhere on the gaming floor calls over the radio we have a code 95(Illegal carrying of a gun) and every supervisor and floor manager comes running and surrounds the poor guy sitting there just playing his slot machine then Light horse (The tribal police for this particular nation) is called and comes running code 3 to the casino jumps out of his vehicle and runs inside 15min later the poor casino guest is led outside to the hood of the patrol vehicle and is told to sign a 24hr to 1 year ban depending on how the gaming manager feels and what the attitude of the chl carry was the whole time this was going on , The person is then led to his personal vehicle by the casino bike patrol and the outside supervisors and is escorted of the premises this is all standard operating procedure. When I was hired on I wasn’t even thinking about getting a chl but after I got married and started a family I saw the need for me and my wife to be armed and with the amount I drive it’s a really good idea too but now I’m in a real pinch because when I hired on I signed a paper in my hiring packet that states (the carry of any weapon be it a firearm/knife/baton/pepper spray or any item created for the purpose of causing bodily harm on ones person or in your personal vehicle on the premises is subject to written reprimand or immediate termination.) Now I still carry on the drive to work and I lock my XD in the glove box every night before I go to clock in and I will continue to do so until my employer can guarantee my safety from the time I lock my front door to the time I clock in and start my shift. As for the armed security guards my best advise to any one in the casino when the you know what hit’s the fan get the heck out of the way fast!!! there have been two incidents over the past year where guards have shot each other out on the qualifying range I don’t know how the first one happened but the second shooting happened when one guard shot himself through the wrist with his xd9 and then the bullet lodged itself in the stomach of the guard standing next him and there was incident just four months ago where a security supervisor shot the side of his truck by accident with his Glock 19 at the end of his shift. I more then likely posted way more then anyone will read but I figured an inside look would be welcomed.