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Texas allows consumption but not in a bar, has to be 51% or more sales from food etc. Not sure on the BAC.
Are you sure? I thought you couldn't have any alcohol in your system at all.
Texas allows you to conceal carry and drink but you cant be over .8
Do you have a link?
And I think you mean .08. At .8 you'd be dead.
You can carry concealed at a place that serves alcohol but doesn't derive 51% or more of it's income from the sale of alcohol.
Pizza joint that also serves beer? Go.
Paddy Murphy's Pub? No go.
Actually, the way the law is worded, you could theoretically be busted for carrying while intoxicated for having ANYTHING in your system. Not just alcohol. And there is no amount defined in the statute.
(1) "Intoxicated" means substantial impairment of mental or physical capacity resulting from introduction of any substance into the body.
.08 is the definition given in a different statute having to do with DUI. It does NOT apply to concealed carry.
Really tho, just stick to the 2 beer rule and you'll be fine. Concealed is concealed. And drunk is drunk. Don't get drunk while you're carrying a gun in public. Be a responsible drinker. And yes, it is possible to drink and carry responsibly. Just like it is possible to drink and then drive responsibly, or even simultaneously. Yes, I know this doesn't fit with what you've been told for the past generation and a half by MADD, but it's the truth.
A little bit of reason should tell you that a person that has one beer and drives or carries a gun is no more dangerous than if he had had a coke instead. Zero tolerance is an excuse not to think.
Flame away.