CCW at Same Hotel as President or Other Dignitary

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And the security perimeter goes out MUCH further than that particular floor to include the entire hotel grounds. I would assume that if you are carrying legally you'd be told that you couldn't bring it in to that hotel today, nothing more. But it wouldn't be a surprise--you'd see the portable metal detectors, bag scanners, etc.
 
I was not carrying at the time but I once stayed at the Waldorf Astoria when Obama was staying there. There was a lot of secret service everywhere and our taxi had to drop us off at the side entrance of the hotel after waiting in traffic for about 40 minutes while circling the block. There was no bell boy to take our bags and we had to take the back stairs instead of the elevator. When we finally got to the check in desk, there was nobody there to help us for about 15 minutes. We asked what the heck was going on and they said there was a very important guest coming later. We later found out that it was Obama. I don't know why but they did not search us or our bags, so I could have been carrying I guess. I watched the motorcade arrive from high above in my room that night. I noticed several cops with rifles on surrounding rooftops.

I wish I had known he was going to be there when I booked the room because I would have stayed somewhere else. It was a total pain in the butt and the service in the hotel was terrible the whole time. They basically forgot about all the other guests even though we paid a lot for that hotel room.
 
Ha!

Like I'm going to accidentally book a room at a place where the POTUS would stay.

I'd have to accidentally win the lottery first.

Not too much chance any Prez is going to be staying at Motel 6.

I'm safe.
 
If such an unlikely event occurred that I was booked at the same hotel at the same time, and discovered that my stay would be not to hotel standards or my satisfaction due to this event, I would request a refund and move to an uninvolved location. Any charges to my card would be immediately disputed, and I believe there are several travel advisory web boards that would be interested to hear of guests being treated poorly.
 
Does the hotel have a gun vault? Two of the properties I've worked for did. Declare gun (Which you are supposed to do anyways) gun goes in vault, SS takes a note. Simple.

'course one of the SS agents we've had did shoot out a window while cleaning his gun, so. . .
 
"Declare gun (Which you are supposed to do anyways) gun goes in vault, SS takes a note."??

Since when? Never heard of it. Or is this something unique to Anchorage/Alaska or because of a pollcats presence?
 
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wut?

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What's up with the whole "sekrit servise will check everyone" perception, anyway?
How do they do this? What about the 4th amendment?
What's next, will the SS be quartering soldiers in your home if the Prez is in town?

Imagining such a level of competency from the federal government is a sign of good propaganda, I suppose.
 
Yes it did happen to me in 1996. Came back to the hotel. Made it through perimeter, and every layer all the way inside. The "dignitary" (White House occupant at the time) was about to enter building by same route I had just come in. We were to be escorted by a SS agent to our room. At the time the state I lived in and held a CCW permit in was "may issue" and the sherriff had been very clear if you are interacting with a law enforcement officer and don't notify you will loose your permit.

The agent was very good about it. Really proffessional. But since I was visiting a friend in the hotel and I was staying at anotherone nearby he asked that I either check the gun with him or secure it in my car until I left to my hotel. I complied not wanting to loose my permit. When I came back in he did ask permission to frisk me. I allowed it. After that he talked guns with me and asked what and how I carried. Was very nice. Never confrontational or aggressive. I assumed I would hear from them later but never did. Was never questioned beyond that.

Law has changed now and is a shall issue state. So I would be in a different position, I wouldn't secure it like I did then. But then not sure how they would handle that. If I refused my guess would be the interaction would have been much longer and involved. Found out later it was a last minute the travel plan change. I had no idea going in a dignitary was there. I doubt that now, 15 years later, security would be such I could get as far in as I did then. At the time I was wearing a long coat and a suit, could have easily hid something much larger than what I was carrying. That was the first time I ever had to notify while carrying. Just prior to the law changing, I was pulled off the road setting the Garmin and a State Patrolman stopped to check on me. He asked for license/registration so I had to notify. Nearly 19 years with a permit and those are the only 2 times I have had to notify. Keeping low profile works - :). Am defintely glad now that law is shall issue, makes the subjective aspect is removed. Previously the county sherriff could review how you handled anything and decide for himself if he wanted to pull permit. Now as it should be he has burden of proof you did something illegal.
 
I used to work in Alexandria, VA. Once a week or so, a couple vanloads of the 2nd or 3rd tier SSvc would pull into a restaurant across the street with some 2nd or 3rd string dignitary...or more likely, his/her family. They'd troop into the restaurant, take a look around, leave 2 guys sitting at a nearby table, and the rest would eat lunch from a brown bag out back.

Coulda been a hundred guns in there, they'd have never known. Someone looking to harm the subject might have done so. Someone looking to abduct the subject would not get very far.
 
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