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Oldgringo wrote:

sjfcontrol wrote:

03Lightningrocks wrote:I am amazed at how many of you can afford to order adult beverages. Good night nurse... They are getting almost three bucks for a darned ice tea these days. What does a real drink cost? Five or ten bucks? I don't do beer... It taste like urin. But I do like a good mixed drink or even a single malt served neat. I bet I would have to spend fifty bucks to get a buzz. Yep... Economics keeps me from having to be worried with this issue.

Last time I did go out to drink... I left the ole weapon at home. I didn't want to get caught with it if I got in a bar fight... Lol.

I better add in... The bar fight comment was a joke. I'm one of those guys that get drunk and want to be everyone's buddy.

So, alcohol changes your personality for the BETTER!!
(Just teasing.)

I don't know about 03Lightningrocks or anyone else, but I get better looking and more eloquently suave, aware and virile after an adult beverage or three. That's a fact...isn't it?

wgoforth wrote:Keep in mind questions are asked on the test about the use of alcohol, and regardless of what we think, there is only one answer they want.

steveincowtown wrote:

n5wmk wrote: Maybe he was opposed to alcohol himself?

If what you are saying is accurate, I would have to say yes.


IANAL, and you should research and confirm all facts yourself:

(d) 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.

which means....

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.

Notice that it can A OR B. This topic has been endlessly debated here. Typically the folks that don't drink at all anyhow will advise you not to drink at all. The folks that do drink will argue what "Intoxicated" means. The there are a few of us that like sit back a drink a beer to see how things pan out.


Everyone makes there own choices, and these are only the choices I believe are correct for me.

At home- do what I want, drink what I want, carry all the time. A Gun is just like any other tool. I am not going to drink 6 beers and play with my chainsaw, but I won't let having a few beers keep me from using my chainsaw to free my family from a dangerous situation.

If I am going out to dinner- have my limit, stay safe, drive safe, carry all the time.

If I am going out "drinking" - lock my gun up, don't drive, don't carry. Beyond the 51% signage issue, there is just no reason to be in public, intoxicated, with a gun. I have zero worries about how I will handle myself, but I don't want to get in a wrestling match, shoving, or even a excited discussion with someone who can't handle there liquor and risk them getting a hold of my gun.



I made all these decisions years ago, and they have worked out pretty well...so far.