My daughter leaves for Las Vegas tomorrow.

[trof]

It's a business convention.
I'm damn glad she wasn't there two days ago, but Las Vegas is probably the safest city in the U.S. right now.

She has been told that corporate and hotel 'security' has been doubled, whatever that means.

<sigh>

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Understand the Hotels have

finally got the message. Get your Security Details fixed and fixed yesterday.

[Not Ruth]

2. Doubled security means more guns

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. I'm seriously considering a brief vacation to Las Vegas,

thinking that a lot of other people will be cancelling theirs and it should be a whole lot cheaper all of a sudden.

[Blue_true]

5. Go.

In this country today, it is clear a psycho killer can show up anywhere. Why stop enjoying life?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. Maybe next month.

Later on this month I'm going to Tucson to visit friends and family, and at the end of the month to Denver for one of my science fiction things.

Interestingly enough, some good friends are going to Las Vegas in about a week as they have a family birthday to celebrate with someone turning 80!

[dembotoz]

4. Hope it works out well for her

Was gonna say have a good time
But it is a work thing
Vegas has wonderful facilities

[Initech]

7. I'm going to Denver on Thursday.

They'd better have some good security there for the events that I'm going to.

[denbot]

8. My daughter's planning to celebrate her 21st birthday there later this month.

I suggested it a couple of weeks ago..

[Leith]

9. Look At It This Way

Whenever something horrible (like a massacre) happens, everybody is jumpy and watchful for months. She will be fine.

I hope she has a wonderful time! Conventions are not all work and even the work is fun. Nobody would go to them if they weren't.

[Nevernose]

10. Millions of us live here

Many of us are sad and jittery and freaked out, but it IS overall very safe.

[politicaljunkie41910]

11. I was thinking maybe we should boycott Vegas until they tighten up those lax gun laws. If those

homeowners start seeing a bunch of empty hotel riooms and parking lots and see their investment in their homes and community begin to tank perhaps they will put some fire to their elected officials and make them do something about those laws that have already been passed which they refuse to enforce. Hear that Mr. AG?? Newsweek reported that Nevada gun laws are some of the most relaxed in the country and they let the ban on assault rifles expire. My son lives in Vegas and I spent a long time trying to get a hold of him two days ago to make sure he was safe when I heard about the shooting. Turns out he had been working hard and had fallen asleep early with plans to go out later. I was never so happy to find out that he had fallen asleep early.

[ellie]

12. I was in

Las Vegas last week for a business conference. I arrived Monday night and left Tuesday. I stayed at the Mandalay Bay. I guess Paddock arrived Thursday? I just missed him.