Have you ever carried your gun while not sober?

[CreekDog]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by krispos42 (a host of the Gun Control & RKBA group).

Have you ever been too drunk to drive and while having your gun on your person?

[jberryhill]

1. No, officer

But if you help me find my keys, I won't shoot.

[Oneka]

2. Maybe

[jberryhill]

4. Not sure if you were drunk?

Or not sure if you had a gun?

[petronius]

3. Not that I remember... why? What have you heard?

(Seriously, no. I actually don't carry a firearm at all, except traveling to/from using it, and I don't mix drinking and shooting. The guns go away before the beers come out, and the drinking is long done before the guns reappear...)

[Arctic Dave]

5. Duh! Why do you think it's called ATF?

Alcohol and firearms have never had bad consequences that I'm aware of.

[Mojorabbit]

6. Never nt

[Kennah]

7. These days, I am usually melancholy or apprehensive

[Clames]

8. Have you ever read this group's SOP?

Sober or drunk?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

13. truly -- wondering how this fits the SOP --- interesting.

[guitar man]

9. No

I have a hard and fast rule I have never broken. "When the liquor cabinet gets unlocked, the gun cabinet gets locked up".

[jleavesl]

10. I'll be the odd man out and answer yes....

Someone tried to hot-wire my daily driver a few years ago and managed to blow out the majority of the electronics behind the dash. As a result, my great grandfather's 1950 Plymouth became my daily driver. I had restored her mechanically reasonably well, but it was still powered by the original flathead 6 cylinder and I was driving her about 75 Miles every night through shady neighborhoods. One night the generator (it was originally a 6V car) took a shit and I limped her to my buddy's garage. I locked the doors and left my antique .38 (it dates back to the teens) stuck between the seat springs beneath the driver seat.

The next morning, I went over to my buddies and rewired the car to run on a 12V system. During this time my buddy and I drank a couple of beers. After my second beer, I removed the pistol from the seat springs, unloaded it, stuck it in my backpack (which sat in the trunk by the spare tire) and placed the 6 rounds formerly housed within the cylinder into my ashtray. I had a few more beers that evening and drove home. That is the only time I've ever been under the influence and had access to a firearm. Even then, it sat in the trunk of the car and the ammo sat elsewhere.

The thing you have to realize, Creekdog, is that most of us realize that carrying a firearm is not only a right but a responsibility. Later on in life, I've gotten a CHL and I don't carry most of the time because I don't want the responsibility.

[ileus]

11. I don't drink.

[Callisto32]

12. No.

But even if yes, so what?

Too drunk to X does not equal too drunk to Y.

I'm not saying alcohol and firearms are a good mix, but it really does depend on the individual every time you are talking about intoxicating compounds.

[Remmah2]

14. Never.

Nuff said.

[jeepnstein]

15. A couple of times.

It wasn't out in public, though. I will admit I have been behind the wheel while totally-loaded-William-Holden-style and that was probably way more dangerous to the public. Am I ever grateful that I've outgrown that kind of idiotic behavior.

[Remmah2]

16. There are some allegedly mature adults who when stone cold sober scare me.

Some of those folks don't own firearms either.

[jeepnstein]

17. Monsters are real.

And they look just like you and me. Some times they're evil, some times just plain stupid.

[Remmah2]

20. In my experience.

Evil can cover itself with some interesting camoflauge, stupid is just plain obvious.

[Hangingon]

18. No

[slackmaster]

19. No, never

My policy has always been shoot first, then drink.

[Atypical Liberal]

21. Nope.

I hardly ever drink, but I would never mix alcohol with firearms. Ever.

You don't drink and drive, you sure as shit don't mix guns an alcohol.

[era veteran]

22. Sure, It was the culture.

Almost forty years ago.
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Don't drink at all now.
Not to be flip but it was common. I never carried while drinking and a civillian.

[DonP]

23. No, won't even have a beer while cleaning them

No alcohol and no ammunition in the same room while cleaning.

[MicaelS]

24. Never, never, never

Alcohol and guns do not mix.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

25. Carried where? In public... private... home?

I usually have a few beers when cleaning guns on the back porch.
Law restricts drinking ANY amount of alcohol and carrying in public... so I do not.

[krispos42]

26. Locking

Does not fit within the SoP of the Group.

Regards,
Krispos42, Gungeon Host