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Russell wrote:Same for me. If I'm going out to drink, my gun stays in my safe at home.

Well, if I'm going out "to drink," that's the case, but if I'm going out to dinner with friends, we're generally going to sit and chat for an hour or more after finishing the meal. Thus, in that case, the gun goes in the lockbox when we get there, and stays locked up for at least an hour after my during-dinner Guinness is finished.

My fiance is a bit of a lightweight when it comes to alcohol, (one small margarita and she's dopey for the rest of the night) so I have to plan on driving anyway.

Mithras61 wrote:This concerns me. The CHL laws don't specify a BAL for intoxication, so as I understand it, a breathalyzer is not required. He could easily be convicted if the officer felt he was impaired even though he was legal to drive.

This is one that I've wondered about; if I go to a bar or restaurant, (leaving the gun in the car, of course) and have a beer or two, wait a couple hours, and head home, how hard would it be for a cop to say I was too intoxicated to carry but not DUI? If he didn't offer or require a breathalyzer or blood test, I could see a jury smelling a rat when he claims I was visibly intoxicated enough to arrest while driving, but not enough to go through the DUI procedures.