Brief Overview:
PersaCon prohibits the following:

• Weapons prohibited under Alabama law

• Real guns (working, disabled, or otherwise)

• Metal blades (knives, swords, sharp wings, etc.)

• Projectile weapons (pellet guns, airsoft rifles, disc guns, etc.)

• Loaded water pistols or other liquid "weapons"

• Practice swords (unless they can be peace bound into a scabbard of some sort)

• Any other potentially harmful weapon/prop as determined by PersaCon Security.

If you have a potential weapon or potentially dangerous prop, please bring it to the PersaCon Security office upon arriving at the convention. If approved, Security will peace bond the item. If not approved, you will be asked to remove it from the convention premises.

Security is not able to pre-approve weapons and props before the convention. A determination can only be made after actually handling and inspecting the object in question.

Full Policy:
Security must approve all potential weapons and such items must remain sheathed or holstered at all times. PersaCon policy is that attendees may not carry anything that resembles a real weapon during the convention unless it is in a holster or sheath and peace bonded. All attendees must take any item that may be possibly construed as a weapon that they intend to carry on their person during the convention to the Security office for approval and proper peace bonding by Security staff. If Security asks an attendee to remove an item deemed a weapon, we ask they take it immediately to their hotel room or off convention property.

PersaCon will ask any attendee found wearing a potential weapon that has not been peace bonded by Security to take it to Security for approval. Security will deal with repeated offenses accordingly, up to and including ejection from the convention without refund.

Peace bonding means that you allow us to put a bright plastic tie on your "weapon" indicating that it has been judged relatively harmless and/or is being bound into a holder of some sort that renders it so. These ties can only be removed by cutting them, making it obvious if tampering should occur. Anyone who has a weapon or prop that could possibly viewed as dangerous (even a little bit) needs to visit Security to have it approved and, if necessary, peace bound. Any weapons that aren't approved and/or can't be peace bound are welcome to stay in the Security office where they will be babysat until they are brought home or locked away in the safety of your room. If you're found walking about the convention with a questionable object, you will be asked to bring it to Security to have it checked over. Each item will be judged individually so that the safety of all is addressed firstly.

We thank you for your support and understanding.