Hi RickyRay9,
Didn't you used to work there as a deputy?
A few years back when I went to submit my CCW application I tried to open carry inside.
Basically, after 45 minutes, the guy at the info desk noticed, and when I tried to explain that OC was legal, he called down some deputies. I showed the first deputy, a nice young guy, the law as written, and he agreed with me and walked off. But then as I sat down getting ready to do fingerprinting, if I recall correctly, two more deputies came, told me to stand up, grabbed me and moved me to the entry room between the double doors, where I was questioned for a considerable duration. Quite a few deputies were there, and the highest ranking one at the time was telling me I needed to put it in my car, then I could come back and fill out my application. He said my alternative was to be arrested. They went into the hall and talked amongst themselves for a while about whether to arrest me or not, and when they put the cuffs on I decided at that time I'd rather not be arrested if I could help it, so they let me put my gun in the car and come back and fill out my application.
So, that was an interesting way to spend my 21st birthday. Well, I think my birthday was the day before, but that was the day for my celebration
I was supposed to get contacted by a higher ranking officer there, but when I never heard back I called and found out he retired. Later I got a call from the Assistant District Attorney who basically said she agreed with me on my interpretation of the law, but she said she would stand with the deputies in preventing armed people from entering. On the phone, I told her that the DMV agreed that people could open carry past their signs, and she said she would have liked to see something in writing to that point from the DMV. Perhaps I should have tried to do just that, but at the time I was concerned that if I tried to get something from the DMV in writing that the DMV might try and use the DA's stance on the matter as an excuse to try and restrict guns themselves. But in retrospect, it probably would have been a good idea to try. The DMV is a state agency, so they should care more about the opinion of the Attorney General of Nevada than a county prosecutor.
So basically they don't care what the law says, they won't let people in with guns. That was the last I heard about the matter, anyway.
For a while after the incident I think they were definitely investigating me, squad car at the edge of my street, following me to work, etc. But I guess they forgave me, because they let me be a CCW instructor.
