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03Lightningrocks wrote: As for putting water in single malt... OMG!!! With one possible exception... A cask strength single malt... And then only a few drops.

I was fortunate to be invited to a private tasting at The Macallan, Speyside 11 years ago. Nosed from the barrel, then cut to about 130 with their spring water. Heaven!

Keith B wrote:

Shoot_First wrote:

Keith B wrote:

Dadtodabone wrote: Sorry, yes, of course it would "matter" during the investigation. My query shouldn't have been diluted by the BAC questions. So:
Is being intoxicated in ones home illegal or a bar to self-defense?
Is having imbibed a legal intoxicant a bar to self-defense?

No

Keith, please help me understand why if I were "drunk as a coot owl" in my home and shot an intruder my judgment would not be in question. Dave

It would be. See the post above a couple above. However, it does not take away your right to legally defend yourself.

And that was the purpose of my question. After reading the entire thread, I could see folks being in unreasonable fear of using deadly force, in a situation that demanded it, simply because they had a beer.
That you may be vilified in our community, that you may face trial, that an over zealous prosecutor may hold you up to scorn, none of these should be a determinant when faced with your(or others around you) imminent death or great bodily harm.

Keith B wrote:

Dadtodabone wrote:I have a couple of sips of The Macallan whilst enjoying a nice stogie and wiping down some of my "investments" in the gun room*.
Some nefarious other/others break into my home.
Since I have the means close to hand, the other/others wind up with a significant increase to the number of orifices normally found in the human body.
Does the fact that I have a BAC over .08 matter? Is being intoxicated in ones home illegal or a bar to self-defense?

I'm out to dinner with my wife, I'm the DD, she has a couple Bailey's on the rocks during the course of the meal.
During our drive home, some nefarious other/others attempt to hijack our automobile.
I'm removed from the struggle, bopped on the noggin, my wife draws the 1911 in the console and ventilates the miscreant/s.
Does the fact that she has a BAC of .06 or .12 matter?Is having imbibed a legal intoxicant a bar to self-defense?

*snap caps at the fore, all live ammunition is locked in a brass-bound leather 400 rd cartridge magazine, thus slowing/complicating my response.

Here's the answer to both. Yes. It will matter because it will come up in the investigation and the evaluation of the case. Now, will it cause you to not get no-billed? Maybe, maybe not. If it is a clear case of self-defense and the decision was made it was justified, intoxicated or not, it won't. BUT, it will play a part in the decision making of the DA, grand jury, judge or jury, no matter. If that state of intoxication did not exist, then it would not be part of the investigation.

Sorry, yes, of course it would "matter" during the investigation. My query shouldn't have been diluted by the BAC questions. So:
Is being intoxicated in ones home illegal or a bar to self-defense?
Is having imbibed a legal intoxicant a bar to self-defense?

I have a couple of sips of The Macallan whilst enjoying a nice stogie and wiping down some of my "investments" in the gun room*.
Some nefarious other/others break into my home.
Since I have the means close to hand, the other/others wind up with a significant increase to the number of orifices normally found in the human body.
Does the fact that I have a BAC over .08 matter? Is being intoxicated in ones home illegal or a bar to self-defense?

I'm out to dinner with my wife, I'm the DD, she has a couple Bailey's on the rocks during the course of the meal.
During our drive home, some nefarious other/others attempt to hijack our automobile.
I'm removed from the struggle, bopped on the noggin, my wife draws the 1911 in the console and ventilates the miscreant/s.
Does the fact that she has a BAC of .06 or .12 matter? Is having imbibed a legal intoxicant a bar to self-defense?



*snap caps at the fore, all live ammunition is locked in a brass-bound leather 400 rd cartridge magazine, thus slowing/complicating my response.