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To try and get past what seems to be some confusion, .08 BAC is only the hard line that makes you automatically "intoxicated" by law. You do not have to have a BAC of .08 to be arrested for DWI or carrying intoxicated if the arresting officer deems you to be intoxicated by the following language:

Sec. 49.01. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(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.

Emphasis added.

If I am carrying and I am going out to eat, I will not drink at all. If I am at home, I may have one beer with dinner or a glass of scotch after dinner (never both). Personal preference, but I don't want to ever risk being deemed "impaired" if something were to happen.

I have thought about getting a gun vault/safe that can be bolted to the floor of my truck in the back opposite the drivers seat for those times I want to go have a drink and already have my gun on me or in my car. That way it is locked and not within reach.

But I am a very risk averse person (being an accountant and auditor).