Do you guys drink?

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I was thinking about this the other day when I had a beer (at home) after work.
How many of you have a drink at home? If/when you do, have you just decided that you won't use your firearm for the next several hours?

As I understand it, if you pull the trigger with alcohol in your system, you're done.

So do you just run the risk of essentially being unarmed for a period of time or do you just never drink?

I understand if people are hesitant to discuss this.
 
Yep

I drink at home... And my Firestorm .40 is nearby. It's my home. If anything happens, I can't help that. Years ago I learned how not to drink too much. If I crossed that line, I would put it away or have someone in my house take over, or put it away. My one kid left at home is 19, and shoots with me.
 
if you pull the trigger with alcohol in your system, you're done
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I’m not sure it’s that cut and dry, but maybe someone with more legal expertise can comment.

I personally made a decision to stop drinking several years back for a number of reasons and have never really regretted it. It is nice to have one less issue to worry with when you consider self defense, driving, and really any number of issues. However, there is no reason a person cannot drink responsibly as long as they set proper boundaries.
 
O, I quit when I started to cc and find I enjoy not drinking too. I indulged to much when a your man . I grew up when the legal age was lowered to 18 back in '72/73 . Still visit some restaurant that serve for a nice dinner and bars but for the something lighter or a game of pool. Fun to watch the drunks too instead of being one of them.
 
I drank some beer when I was much younger along with my friends.

Now, I don't drink at all.....unless it's a special occasion and there's others involved. Even then, only until I get a buzz on and that's it.

Once in a great while, the wife and I will buy a pizza, and we'll have a beer with it.

If you drink at home and you are somewhat intoxicated (or not), and someone breaks in or attacks you in your home, you're not necessarily done. It will be a matter of fact that will be considered, but it doesn't mean that you are going to jail.
 
Lol, I just opened a beer. But the firearms are all put away, except for the rifle in pieces on the dining room table (waiting on a new trigger).

That said, I don't carry so no worries there.

But...as a general rule if I am planning on going out to shoot to compete with friends or for group or just to improve my skills--NO ALCOHOL, SUGAR OR CAFFINE at LEAST 24hrs before.
 
Having a drink at home will not prevent me from defending myself or my family in the event of a home invasion, if that is what you're asking.

My fear or paranoia about break-ins is also not so great that it occupies my thoughts or controls my everyday life and behavior though either.
 
I'm drinking right now and my loaded shotgun is 8 feet away. I wouldn't hesitate to use it it someone broke in intending me harm and I wouldn't worry one bit regarding legal issues. I live in Texas... other states differ in their laws and values.
 
After work I can have a few.. If someone ( Vickie) drives Home.

After all,I am a Dean Martin sound -alike / Tribute Showman...... Gotta play the part accurately.

If Tequilla & Gin wre the only liquors ; I would be Temperate!!
 
It's not as cut-and-dried as this:
Ruger480 said:
. . . .As I understand it, if you pull the trigger with alcohol in your system, you're done. . . .
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However, if you do wind up having to shoot an intruder, you can reasonably expect every aspect of your behavior leading up to the shooting to be fairly closely scrutinized. That may play into the reasonableness of any belief that you may have held, right before the Moment When Things Go Bang, that your life was in jeopardy.
 
Cheers !!!

You are not talking about having a drink but doing some Liberty-Style drinking. I do have an occasional drink and don't worry much about it. Other times, I know when I've had too much and make adjustments. My wife also keeps count. ..... :)

Her only fault is that she keep putting the toilet seat down ..... :)

Be Smart and;
Be Safe !!!
 
t's not as cut-and-dried as this
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Well, that's good to know. I bet I don't drink more than a six beers in a month on average so I'm not terribly concerned about it. But I have wondered how that would work if you had to shoot someone after having a couple.
 
Nope

I already drank my share, I quit in 2004. Except for the occasional flu induced shot of Nyquil.

Firearms has had nothing to do with my decision to quit, I guess I can sum it up with; "I used to drink every day, now I only think about drinking every day."

When I did drink at home, I still had a firearm loaded and somewhat handy, for the remote chance I needed one.
 
I don't drink when I CWC, OC or hunt. But I will enjoy a drink or two while at home. Someone breaks into my house, I will do what's needed to protect me and my loved ones. Simple as that.
 
At home, sure. I've always been fortunate in handling alcohol, I know when to stop and if I do go too far, well tomorrow's hangover reminds me. These days I often go weeks without a drink then may have a couple one night. And a hot day outside, sure a beer hits the spot. I've never had my blood alcohol level tested but I doubt I ever reach the legal intoxicated level.

Interesting topic and one I never gave much thought to. No doubt it would be good to have a large tumbler of water between drinks to hold down consumption and do anything to limit the number of drinks in an evening.
 
I love beer. It makes me a jolly good fellow.....

I would never carry outside my home with alcohol in my system.

But, inside my castle, if I have a beer (or 2) and someone decides to invade,I would not hesitate to defend my family.
 
I never drink while carrying, shooting, or at a gun show, or handling guns, or coming to or going away from any of these events. At home we have a glass of wine out on the deck most evenings at sunset but it's one small glass right before dinner. I guess I just don't enjoy getting snockered, never have.

I think it was Aristotle who said, All things in moderation. Good advice I've found.

If I just HAD to use a firearm to defend my home or family, a glass of wine would be my least concern.
 
There are those people who are belligerent drunks and those who are mellow drunks -- I fall into the latter category. I have no problem with carrying while I am drinking, whether it is at home or away from home. Not that I do much drinking away from home -- maybe a pitcher of beer with a meal, but not enough to actually get me drunk. Have ya'll noticed how the pitchers for beer have shrunk over the years? Used to be a pitcher was large enough for 3 or 4 guys when they were out having pizza. These days, the pitchers are "single serving containers". :(

These days, people are just too uptight about drinking, probably thanks to the that neo-prohibitionist group "MADD". I can remember when it was perfectly socially acceptable to go to the local unofficial dump and make a day of drinking beer and shooting tin cans. If drinking and shooting was so dangerous, why did we never have an AD and why did no one ever get accidentally shot? Of course, back then, it was perfectly acceptable to grab a beer and drink it while stuck in the traffic jam on the way home after work. We had a lot less road rage back then. These days, the drivers are all hyped up on caffeine (Starbucks or "energy" drinks) and they only need the slightest thing to set them off. Back then, if someone wanted to cut in front of us, we would just let them go and keep sipping on our beer.
 
No, never. It's more of a morality decision for me, also I've never had a problem swimming against the tide. The firearms issue also seems like a pretty good reason to quit, along with a plethora of other good reasons.
 
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