I used all those terms because I searched them all to ten pages and found nothing.
My question is, if you have been drinking, and end up shooting someone in personal home defense, where do you stand?
I specifically chose home defense because it leaves the least amount of questionable red tape problems. You're home asleep, after drinking, and wake up to an intruder trying to break in, and are forced to defend yourself with lethal force.
Obviously it's up to the jury to really decide and that's unpredictable, but to what level do you feel that using a firearm for personal defense while intoxicated comes into play?
I'm a guy who maybe likes his liquor more than others, but on a personal level I've never had a hangover (I'll be 28 this July and drink beer and vodka mostly), and my liver seems to process the alcohol extremely fast. I can drink a 12 pack, go to bed at 1am, wake up at 6, and be ready to greet the day with a whistle and dance routine, even so far as to jump on the exercise bike and watch the news with a smile on my face, at full volume (to compensate for hearing over my wheezing).
If you'd be justified to use lethal force in the same situation while sober, will you be prosecuted differently if you test as inebriated? I drink daily and while that probably won't change, I wanted to start a discussion as to the combination of justified self defense versus soberness.
To put this thread into context, this post was made after six PBR's and four shots of cheap vodka consumed over the course of around three hours. I do seem to stand out as someone fairly competent after quite a bit of alcohol. 5'5" 185lbs.
My question is, if you have been drinking, and end up shooting someone in personal home defense, where do you stand?
I specifically chose home defense because it leaves the least amount of questionable red tape problems. You're home asleep, after drinking, and wake up to an intruder trying to break in, and are forced to defend yourself with lethal force.
Obviously it's up to the jury to really decide and that's unpredictable, but to what level do you feel that using a firearm for personal defense while intoxicated comes into play?
I'm a guy who maybe likes his liquor more than others, but on a personal level I've never had a hangover (I'll be 28 this July and drink beer and vodka mostly), and my liver seems to process the alcohol extremely fast. I can drink a 12 pack, go to bed at 1am, wake up at 6, and be ready to greet the day with a whistle and dance routine, even so far as to jump on the exercise bike and watch the news with a smile on my face, at full volume (to compensate for hearing over my wheezing).
If you'd be justified to use lethal force in the same situation while sober, will you be prosecuted differently if you test as inebriated? I drink daily and while that probably won't change, I wanted to start a discussion as to the combination of justified self defense versus soberness.
To put this thread into context, this post was made after six PBR's and four shots of cheap vodka consumed over the course of around three hours. I do seem to stand out as someone fairly competent after quite a bit of alcohol. 5'5" 185lbs.