mas24 Loc: Southern CA

A friend and I was discussing the awful shooting that happened in Las Vegas. He said that this incident could result in metal detectors in Hotels in the future. I told him it was bad enough at Airports. Would we have to do it again at Hotels checking in. It would be so time consuming in my opinion. But, it could happen.

Frank T Loc: New York, NY

I've worked in high-end hotels and this simply won't happen. Let's remember that it wasn't the Hotel's fault that this happened. It was the work of a deranged psychopath who had access to guns.
Want to do something constructive? Then do comprehensive background checks and help prevent the next one.

G Brown Loc: Sunny Bognor Regis West Sussex UK

In Egypt most of the hotels have metal detectors - as does the cairo museum. minimal delays !
No matter what you do - someone will bypass it somehow. Even a lorry can be deadly as we have seen.
The 'idea' that life is safe and sacred - seems to be changing for everyone.

MichaelH Loc: NorCal via Lansing, MI

In this strange world we are in everything this deranged man did on that day until he started shooting was perhaps legal (except for the intent). I can imagine the personnel at the metal detector monitor seeing all these weapons pass through and saying to the owner, "Good luck with your 'plinking', sir. Have a wonderful stay!"

edwdickinson Loc: Ardmore PA

I wouldn't be surprised if they went the cruise ship route. Check your bags and then they scan them and deliver to your room.

mancemd

I agree with background checks but from everything I’ve seen and read he had no obvious mental health issues that would have set off red flags. I still find it interesting that ISIS not once but twice claimed responsibility. They usually don’t do that. It could be a red herring but I hope they research this

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

Why would hotels check or scan bags? I am a hunter and stay in motels a lot going to and from wherever. Some of my firearms are priced in the thousands and I don’t generally leave them in the truck. I take them to the room with me. No questions ever asked. They are not disguised whatsoever.

Dennis

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

Background checks would not have flagged this deranged guy. And contrary to popular belief, there is not a place where health care providers can flag their concern that a patient should not have a weapon - whether for the protection of the patient or others. In fact, Florida made it illegal for health care providers to even ASK about weapons in the home - talk about ignorant! As a physician I am not trying to "take away your guns" - I have several as well as a carry permit - but this has always been part of the talk with parents of young children - "do you have a swimming pool" (how do you keep your child from drowning?), do you have a dog (tell me about the dog), and "do you have weapons at home? (how do you keep your toddler from accessing them?). This is common sense. But when my ex-sniper patient with PTSD tells me he has 27 weapons at home - all I can do is talk to him about them - encouraging him to establish a relationship with a friend or relative that allows him to let them hold on to his weapons if he feels he is slipping into a crisis. That is all I can do. There is no registry to take away his rights. Until he does something bad, he will not be adjudicated by a judge to be nuts without second amendment rights. At that point he will be in jail.

mancemd

Ex-sniper patient with PTSD with 27 guns - we probably cared for the same patient. I worked at the Warrior Transition Unit at Fort Belvoir.

skylinefirepest Loc: Southern Pines, N.C.

Never happen...nobody likes the intrusiveness of the airlines and we absolutely wouldn't put up with it in our lodging. I carry a firearm every step of the way when I travel and it's nobody's business that I have it. It is for my protection and harms not one person unless they wish me or my wife harm. I don't know why the left is so set against firearms when they save multiple thousands of lives each year. The problem is that there is no solution to something like just happened.

jkoar Loc: The Gunks, NY

Ban high rise hotels instead.

gazoobie Loc: Lombard, Illinois

I see many stats about the tragic use of guns. I’m at a loss to see stats about your thousands of people saved by having a gun. Can you please point me some supporting stats. Source should be from some governmental entity like FBI, police etc. if the source is the NRA then they must disclose the initial source of their data.

Ghery Loc: Olympia, WA

Background checks are already done for firearms purchases. And this psychopath (I won't disagree with your description) had passed them. He already violated a number of laws (murder, attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, etc.), so I'm not sure what another law would do, other than impact the Civil Rights of law abiding citizens.

Pegasus Loc: Texas Gulf Coast

I'm always amazed how some people have no problems exposing their lack of critical thinking or ignorance of life, or both as in this case.

I suspect you and your friend have never been at an airport or a hotel, or probably neither.

What is the BIG difference between a hotel and the secure area of an airport, you know, the area after you have gone through security?

mancemd

In this interview with StevevWynn by Chris Wallace he mentions that he does not allow weapons in his hotels and will kick you out if you bring them in. This might become SOP for high rise higher cost facilities. I understand the concerns with people traveling and staying in motels. They definitely don’t want to leave them in their cars. Doubt you will be staying at the Wynn Resort. As to calling him a psychopath, if he is a radicalized terrorist (still a possibility),then he is fighting for a cause and not just randomly killing for the heck of it. Others might disagree Las Vegas gunman seemed like 'a rational man,' Steve Wynn tells 'Fox News Sunday'
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/08/las-vegas-gunman-seemed-like-rational-man-steve-wynn-tells-fox-news-sunday.html