The story of SB452: How an unlikely alliance helped block a plan to allow casinos to become gun-free zones

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Universal background checks -- passed.
53% : In 2016, a statewide ballot question on universal background checks passed by more than 100,000 votes in Clark County, enough for the measure to carry statewide even though Clark was the only county in the state where it drew a majority of "yes" votes.
51% : Supporters of SB452 said they wholeheartedly agreed with the need to address implicit bias and racial profiling in security and law enforcement.
51% : "I do think there is rightfully a concern about making sure that when we entrust law enforcement to do a job that they do it properly," Cannizzaro said.
48% : But they noted that the issue was already being addressed in several bills this year that were designed to reform law enforcement practices and policies with regard to policing of minority communities.
48% : Meanwhile, security and law enforcement remain on high alert for gun violence on the Strip.
47% : It required properties to post uniform signage to notify visitors of gun bans and, in an acknowledgement by proponents that visitors might be confused going between casinos with and without restrictions, required law enforcement to allow violators to comply with bans before arresting them.
47% : It still requires evidence that somebody has a firearm on them, and it would require law enforcement to give (suspected violators) an opportunity to comply.
42% : One GOP senator, Ira Hansen, berated MGM for attempting to get more help from law enforcement as opposed to adopting more aggressive security measures.
36% : But Democratic lawmakers formed a bright line over the criminal justice issues, which made the bill a lost cause.

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