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Originally Posted by samcol
I guess you could consider it foolish, but there isn't exactly a rampage of ccw holders shooting people up in Indiana bars. Alcohol doesn't just give someone 'refer madness' like in the movies..
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Odd, every year thousands of people figure it's okay to operate a motor vehicle after drinking "a few." I assert that the decision making process involved in operating a firearm for defense is far more dangerous. Personal responsibility to yourself and others. Perhaps this is why such laws against booze+guns are on the books in many states. Dunno, maybe I'm a dried up old granny, but I like it that way. Abstinence means booze is never a factor in a CCW shoot and that only serves to bolster your argument that much more in court where The Man is likely to make you out to be a gun-toting vigilante (outside DC).
Hah, I'm not referring to silly drug scares or the demon that is booze, just common sense. I drink my fair share, but when I do? The CCW guns stay locked up in the safe. I trust a jury of my peers as much as I trust people I may have to pull a .38 on in a parking lot at night: not a heckuva whole lot.
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Originally Posted by samcol
My roommate is a consignment officer and he told me about some of the parties police and government officials have. Needless to say 70% of them are carrying and getting drunk at the same time.
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How does practice justify stupidity? Cops should know better. They see the effects of booze on judgment all the time.