In the wake of a series of deadly shootings nationwide, including the fatal attack at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. Wednesday, law enforcement officials are reporting fewer confiscations of firearms at this year’s Bonnaroo music festival.

“Here, in the recent couple of years, we’ve been finding more and more weapons,” said Coffee County Sheriff’s Capt. Frank Watkins, whose agency helps police the music festival in Manchester, Tenn. “So far, this year we’ve not found as many as we did last year.”

Last year, the sheriff’s office confiscated about 10 to 12 firearms. So far, the same searches have turned up two.

Deputies are not sure why there’s a decrease this year. It could be that festival-goers finally know the rules. Typically, deputies confiscate weapons from out-of-state attendees with legal concealed weapon permits or those who have weapons properly stored in their vehicles, Watkins said.  Bonnaroo, however, doesn’t permit even legal weapons on the festival grounds for concertgoers.

Deputies typically give those with legal weapons receipts to reclaim their weapons at the sheriff’s office at the close of the festival, Watkins said.

The initial crowds pouring into the campgrounds at the start of the festival Wednesday were little less than usual, Watkins said, but the crowds had come in steady throughout the day Thursday. Watkins said the lighter turnout is likely not due to any decrease in attendance.

“I think they’ve understood it’s not necessary to be that actual first person in line,” Watkins said. “It’s not like getting a seating arrangement where you have to get the best seating for the event. The only thing they’re jockeying for here is the best camping site.”