Who packs heat after they've had a few?

Who packs heat after they've had a few?

  • I do.

    Votes: 54 12.7%

  • Sometimes I do.

    Votes: 83 19.5%

  • I never do that.

    Votes: 288 67.8%
  • Total voters
    425
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Hi, my first post here. I used to at times, but an idiotic ND after 2 glasses of wine cured that. And the mattress...........
 
hi chain. first post, so ill be the first to welcome you. welcome to thr. i'm still new too. just thought id say hello. ive been know to enjoy the spirits but i dont get drunk when using firearms. notice i said drunk. one or two, ok two, i would say is too many. judge me if you will, but evey man should know his limits, and mine is two.
 
A "few", no. One or two over the course of more than an hour, yes. As I type this I'm nursing a Cuba Libre (which, by the way, is quite tasty)
 
I'll have one, or two, maximum, when I'm carrying -- or driving.

I know that level doesn't significantly affect my judgment or motor skills.
 
.I have a problem that you do and must resort to the use of plasticware because I cannot control myself. If you find such measures necessary, I commend you on your restraint, but encourage you to get help since you find such measures necessary.
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I'm glad you know your limits and act accordingly, we need more of that and less of the zero teolerance rules type thinking. I'm not sure what you're encouraging me to get help with though.

It wasn't all that long ago that drinking and driving was legal in Virginia and elsewhere. Really, you just had to be in control and under the limit. Still might be in 2 or 3 states. It was the last time I looked.
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It seems to be telling that those days are gone by. Common sense would lead a person to think not driving drunk is as simple as not driving while drunk. We've applied this sad zero tolerance leave your brain at the door thinking though and its not legal for me to sip a beer on the drive home but perfectly legal for me to down it in a gulp before I leave the bar. I don't know why that is supposed to be safer.
 
While I agree that having a drink or two doesn't effect your ability to carry, this thread is slipping to the low road. I am talking to you MDeViney.
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I agree witth you and was not willing to get involved in the more heated debate. That post was my attempt to hopefully give people a distracting laugh and lighten up. Sorry if it offended.
 
moderation in all things....having a couple beers does not make a normal person too intoxicated to think and act properly.....a couple more beers do make the person not able to act responsibly.....thats when the no gun rule applies in my world.....
 
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You know, even google doesn't turn up anything gun related on the first page using packs heat. It's either way too out of date or just too juvenile a term.

JT
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Depending on what you look up, a google search is different for everyone.
 
There is always the temptaion to react to leading questions, I think it's a hormonal thing, but I beg our members not to offer up personal information that may come back to kick you in the butt years from now. Anything that you post is there in cyberspace forever. And god forbid anyone ever gets jammed up, there is evidence of a mind set with this type of question, it isn't a harmless survey. If there comes a time that you need to save your life, or someone elses, attorneys and paralegals search through this kind of stuff, it's not like sitting on the porch shooting the breeze. But I must say that most answered the question admirablly
 
I don't drink and carry, or go shooting after consuming booze. My little brother was shot dead on accident by his buddy during a drunken show and tell of a new .40 cal pistol. His buddy was a tuff-guy type with 3 years of military too... the mag was out but a round was still in the chamber, it discharged, went through a pickup window, struck my bro in the chest, exiting out his back, hitting a lung and his heart. DOA.
 
not just no but hell no

they would have a field day man shot during robbery attempt police said it was self defense however the victim was intoxicated ( that could mean anything ) and that it was under review my GAWD they would have to toss you under the bus and the ANTI"S would be screaming bloody murder not just for your butt and gun but everyones gun and ccw permit guns and beer wine pot any thing dont go together ever!! ( in public ) what you do at home is your business just my .02
 
a drunken show and tell
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the victim was intoxicated
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Once again for the record. This thread did not ask "would you go armed while DRUNK." A few drinks does not equal intoxication unless you don't really mean "a few drinks."

Every thread like this we end up arguing past each other. Please understand a drink does not equal a bender for many of us. For some I know it does, and they have no business with alcohol or firearms. They're drunks. We're not talking about drunks.
 
Apparently some of you are under the impression that everyone losses all capacity to reason and restrain themselves when they have even a drop of alcohol :scrutiny:.

If you think so little of yourself, more power to you, but I'm pretty sure I can handle having a BAC of .02-.03 and safely carrying at the same time.
 
I pegged my vote to the "Yes, after a few" but I need to qualify the "few".
If I go into a bar with the intent of having several drinks, I leave the gat in the car but if I'm at a friend's or a picnic and only have one or two ("a few") during the course of a day or evening then the pistola stays where it is.
 
Ok here is the deal, most likely I would not have a problem safely handling a firearm after a beer or two but I refuse to.

The biggest reason for this is that I am

White
5'10"
250lbs
Male
young
Carry a gun with a high cap magazine

This means that some hot shot DA already has plenty of ammo to tear me up if I ever have to use my gun in self defense, I dont need to give them one more.
 
Bars I used to go to, you're asked at the door if you have any weapons. If you say no, they offered to lend you one.

Biker
 
I do most of my drinking at home. Whenever I'm home I have my 642 on me. So yeah, I carry while drinking. I don't see anything wrong with it. I also end up cleaning my guns while enjoying a frosty beverage.
 
I also end up cleaning my guns while enjoying a frosty beverage.
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Who doesn't?:D

Seriously though, while I don't carry in public after I have been drinking, it is strictly for legal reasons...I could have a BAC of .4(probably happens more than it should:eek:) and still know the 4 rules, period.

Likewise while I am cleaning my guns...While I'm not usually wasted when I clean my guns, since that would mean I was shooting them while I was wasted, I could be slobbery drunk and still know to check the chamber 3-4 times before field stripping it.
 
Never - Ever

At a restaurant I have an ice tea (which causes my mom to look at me funny)

I've always wondered what would happened if I was a victim of a home invasion, comfortably seated on my couch with a few drinks in me, deciding to fire back. I mean not sloppy drunk, but maybe .03-.06.
 
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