deepdiver
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Jared wrote:
It is not a matter of being "scared". It is a simple cost-benefit analysis. The cost of being arrested for, charged with, fighting and/or losing a charge of felony posession of a fiream while under the influence vs my desire to have adult beverages with friends vs the likelihood that now will be that one time I really need a firearm. If I am concerned that I will need my firearm in the immediate future I will stick with soft drinks. Regardless, 100% of the time I will forego the adult beverage or carrying a gun rather than risk the felony.
So no, this is nothing "kind of like the people who would like to open carry but don't because they are afraid." unless they are open carrying downtown NYC or Balitmore or DC or Chicago.
Jared wrote:
Most of that I would agree with, Jared. My comments were directly pertaining to carrying in MO under current MO law. If you come to MO and choose to have more than a few drinks and then go out and about in public armed, even if you are not legally intoxicated for driving, just be aware, as said earlier in the thread, that you may put yourself in a situation where you would be charged with felony carrying while under the influence. BAM - you can't carry anymore, can't own a gun, can't handle most firearms, etc.deepdiver wrote:It's not illegal in a lot of states to be under the influence and carry nor is it illegal in most states to be under the DWI limit ( or a variation thereof)while carrying.The risk of getting in a traffic accident on the way home or even being hit in the parking lot leading to an LEO finding a loaded handgun in my possession and deciding that I am under the influence even though not illegal to drive is IMO almost always a higher risk than my needing my sidearm at that point and time.
So similar to open carry, a lot of cops don't like it, but who cares, it's not illegal.
Speaking of which, a little known secret to a lot of people... many, many, many LEO's carry while they are drinking, by drinking, I mean drunk off their chairs.
I'm not advocating that, it's not about being invincible, I guess I'm just not scared.... kind of like the people who would like to open carry but don't because they are afraid.
It wasn't too long ago that some one in Washoe County had a self defense shooting in a bar. He had a Nevada CFP, he was carrying... he turned out allright. By the logic of some people he would have been dead if they followed peoples "sound logic" here.
It is not a matter of being "scared". It is a simple cost-benefit analysis. The cost of being arrested for, charged with, fighting and/or losing a charge of felony posession of a fiream while under the influence vs my desire to have adult beverages with friends vs the likelihood that now will be that one time I really need a firearm. If I am concerned that I will need my firearm in the immediate future I will stick with soft drinks. Regardless, 100% of the time I will forego the adult beverage or carrying a gun rather than risk the felony.
So no, this is nothing "kind of like the people who would like to open carry but don't because they are afraid." unless they are open carrying downtown NYC or Balitmore or DC or Chicago.