Just got back from vacationing at the Dunes State Park with my girlfriends family and figured I would share my experience with the riverboat up in Michigan City.
My girlfriends dad and I got there at about 11:00 pm last Wednesday evening and I was carrying my XDm 40. We walked in and approached the gate to the casino floor where security was standing. A younger guy told me to step to the side and go through the line. I told him that I first needed to check in a firearm. He looked at me a little weird and told me hesitantly to go to the hallway to security dispatch. Get to that window and told another security officer the same thing, and he made it seem like he deals with it all the time and made no big deal of it.
So I get it checked in into a lock box and he locks it up for me. I asked if I got to keep the key and he said no, they keep it. I didn't want it to be that way, but I knew I was only going to stay for a few. I then go back and get another guy at the casino floor entrance. He then questions me on why I carry a gun, and I told him constitutional right and personal protection. He then starts to say lines like "I don't see why you can carry a gun" and "we don't even like guns at the Blue Chip" and similar statements. I then told him how that was his personal opinion and how it was not similar in any way to mine. He looked pretty upset after I told him I didn't care to listen to his opinions anymore and walked away from the situation after telling him to have a goodnight.
This all lasted about 1 minute right by the front gate and I felt that I was being watched the whole evening, which I know I was by the amount of cameras they have in that place. I would call it a not-so-good experience there, especially for my first time being in a casino, but I walked out with more money than I came in with so it wasn't that bad.
My girlfriends dad and I got there at about 11:00 pm last Wednesday evening and I was carrying my XDm 40. We walked in and approached the gate to the casino floor where security was standing. A younger guy told me to step to the side and go through the line. I told him that I first needed to check in a firearm. He looked at me a little weird and told me hesitantly to go to the hallway to security dispatch. Get to that window and told another security officer the same thing, and he made it seem like he deals with it all the time and made no big deal of it.
So I get it checked in into a lock box and he locks it up for me. I asked if I got to keep the key and he said no, they keep it. I didn't want it to be that way, but I knew I was only going to stay for a few. I then go back and get another guy at the casino floor entrance. He then questions me on why I carry a gun, and I told him constitutional right and personal protection. He then starts to say lines like "I don't see why you can carry a gun" and "we don't even like guns at the Blue Chip" and similar statements. I then told him how that was his personal opinion and how it was not similar in any way to mine. He looked pretty upset after I told him I didn't care to listen to his opinions anymore and walked away from the situation after telling him to have a goodnight.
This all lasted about 1 minute right by the front gate and I felt that I was being watched the whole evening, which I know I was by the amount of cameras they have in that place. I would call it a not-so-good experience there, especially for my first time being in a casino, but I walked out with more money than I came in with so it wasn't that bad.
