Property crimes aren’t much better, with Vegas displaying 22.87 such crimes per 1,000 residents, higher than the national norm of 19. Your chance of becoming a victim of violent crime in Vegas is 1 in 187, far higher than your chance of hitting a big jackpot at a casino on the Strip. Data released in early 2021 show Las Vegas with a violent crime rate of 5.34 per 1,000 residents, substantially higher than the national median of 4 per 1,000. It doesn’t help that Las Vegas has a high rate of violent crime when compared to the rest of the country. Still, the National Shooting Sports Foundation ( NSSF) continues to keep the show in Vegas instead of moving to some more gun-friendly venue. The incongruity of having the SHOT Show-basically a huge celebration of the Second Amendment and the industry it has spawned-in such firearm-unfriendly environs isn’t lost on many participants.
In the last couple of years, most of these hotels have tightly restricted gun possession on their properties-not just concealed carry, but even storage within a safe in guest rooms. It’s no secret that the city of Las Vegas, and particularly the large hotels and casinos on the Strip that house many SHOT Show participants, don’t give a flip about the right to keep and bear arms.
