littletommy
Grandmaster
I know there have been a few threads recently here about carry in Indiana casinos, and the subject of secure storage has come up in all of those threads, so today, I went to Horseshoe Southern Indiana and tried my hand at checking a firearm at the entrance to the casino.
Wife got a gift card to use in the Legends restaurant, and we had nothing much to do today, so we decided to head to Horseshoe for lunch, and then do a little gambling in the casino (when I say a little gambling, I mean a little, we usually will take $10 each, and play the penny slots
). We had a nice lunch in the restaurant and headed down the escalators to the casino. Upon arrival at the security gate, we were cheerfully greeted by two security guys, and I told the one closest to me I had a firearm to put in the safe. He didn't even blink, and directed me towards the other gentleman there, and said "he'll take care of you, Sir". I was greeted with a smile by the other guard who said "step right over here around the gate and I'll get your info" He asked to see my DL, and grabbed a clipboard with a roster sheet on it. He handed me a numbered plastic card and told me not to loose it, and wrote down my name, type of firearm, and the time of day on the sheet, then signed his name to it and handed my DL back. As he handed the DL back, I noticed him looking back and forth between it and me, I guess making sure I was me
.
After he put the clipboard down, he walked a few feet over to a heavy, locked door, and proceeded to unlock it, revealing a double set of steel safe doors, which he then unlocked. The interior of the safe was maybe 3 feet wide and about 5 feet high, with about a dozen separate compartments. I brought along a Remora IWB holster for my SR45 so I could just leave my holster on my belt. I unholstered and quickly reholstered into the remora, and placed it on the shelf he pointed to. The security guy locked both doors back, wished us good luck in the casino and shook my hand as we walked away.
We were in the casino for about an hour and a half, pretty much broke even, and decided to head home, so we returned to the security gate where the same two guys were still standing. They saw me coming, and the one guy went over and started unlocking the safe as we approached. He held the door open while I retrieved my gun, and quickly reholstered on my belt. The older of the two security guys asked me how the Ruger shot, as he hadn't seen an SR45 before, we talked guns and holsters for a few minutes, and he informed me he was a retired deputy sheriff. Very nice and polite guy. I handed him back the claim card he had given me, and he once again shook my hand and wished us both a great day.
I was not sure what to expect from security there, but was pleasantly surprised at the attitude of both guards on duty, no funny looks, no silly questions, no asking me to remove the magazine or unload the weapon, just professional conduct by a couple of nice guys. Big +1 to Horseshoe Southern Indiana security!
Wife got a gift card to use in the Legends restaurant, and we had nothing much to do today, so we decided to head to Horseshoe for lunch, and then do a little gambling in the casino (when I say a little gambling, I mean a little, we usually will take $10 each, and play the penny slots
). We had a nice lunch in the restaurant and headed down the escalators to the casino. Upon arrival at the security gate, we were cheerfully greeted by two security guys, and I told the one closest to me I had a firearm to put in the safe. He didn't even blink, and directed me towards the other gentleman there, and said "he'll take care of you, Sir". I was greeted with a smile by the other guard who said "step right over here around the gate and I'll get your info" He asked to see my DL, and grabbed a clipboard with a roster sheet on it. He handed me a numbered plastic card and told me not to loose it, and wrote down my name, type of firearm, and the time of day on the sheet, then signed his name to it and handed my DL back. As he handed the DL back, I noticed him looking back and forth between it and me, I guess making sure I was me.After he put the clipboard down, he walked a few feet over to a heavy, locked door, and proceeded to unlock it, revealing a double set of steel safe doors, which he then unlocked. The interior of the safe was maybe 3 feet wide and about 5 feet high, with about a dozen separate compartments. I brought along a Remora IWB holster for my SR45 so I could just leave my holster on my belt. I unholstered and quickly reholstered into the remora, and placed it on the shelf he pointed to. The security guy locked both doors back, wished us good luck in the casino and shook my hand as we walked away.
We were in the casino for about an hour and a half, pretty much broke even, and decided to head home, so we returned to the security gate where the same two guys were still standing. They saw me coming, and the one guy went over and started unlocking the safe as we approached. He held the door open while I retrieved my gun, and quickly reholstered on my belt. The older of the two security guys asked me how the Ruger shot, as he hadn't seen an SR45 before, we talked guns and holsters for a few minutes, and he informed me he was a retired deputy sheriff. Very nice and polite guy. I handed him back the claim card he had given me, and he once again shook my hand and wished us both a great day.
I was not sure what to expect from security there, but was pleasantly surprised at the attitude of both guards on duty, no funny looks, no silly questions, no asking me to remove the magazine or unload the weapon, just professional conduct by a couple of nice guys. Big +1 to Horseshoe Southern Indiana security!
