ReadyontheRight
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Whenever I see this debate, I wonder what the Founding Fathers would have to say about it. (Word is that many of them tipped back quite a few).
This board seems to be all over the place on this one.
You wouldn't have to go that far back - many Bullseye pistol shooters of the '50s and '60s used to routinely have a shot of whiskey right before a match, believing it helped to steady the eye and calm the nerves.I wonder what the Founding Fathers would have to say about it. (Word is that many of them tipped back quite a few).
There is no definition of "intoxicated" given in section 46.035. The legislature screwed up on this one.
"Intoxicated" has the meaning assigned by Section 49.01 Penal Code
(2) "Intoxicated" means:
(A) not having the normal use of mental or
physical faculties by reason of the introduction of alcohol, a
controlled substance, a drug, a dangerous drug, a combination of
two or more of those substances, or any other substance into the
body; or
(B) having an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or
more.
Same with driving. You might be OK at .04, but the civil suit if you have an accident will ruin you.
"If I assess the threat so low that I can afford to impair my faculties -- by even one beer -- they the threat is so low I don't need the gun."
That only works in the internet world. In the real world you can't access the threat before hand.
Using your logic, one could never sleep because that would mean you were in condition white and your faculties are definitely impaired.
One could never pray in church either.
Forget about making love.
Also, here in Texas, if you are involved in an accident and you have had any measureable amount of alchohol, you lose defensability.
Okay, how many here take anti-depressants? Vicodin or other pain killers? Ambien? All of these *can* impair you. Will you refrain from carrying while taking these medications?
a) Who says I'm gonna admit it?
b) I've been through two civil suits involving violence and I've done just fine.
Texas CHL laws do define intoxicated for 46.035 - it says it uses the definition in Subchapter H Sec. 411.
wdlsguy said:Sorry, this definition of "intoxicated" doesn't apply to TX PC § 46.035 either, but it's a great example of what is missing from that section. I still maintain the legislature screwed up.
A license holder commits an offense, if while intoxicated, the license holder carries a handgun under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, regardless of whether the handgun is concealed.