New Del. Law Prohibits Drinking With a Gun

http://www.wboc.com/story/15076075/gun-laws

DOVER, Del.- It is now against the law to carry a gun in Delaware if you are drunk or under the influence of drugs. Gov. Jack Markell signed the legislation into law on Wednesday.

The new law prohibits people from carrying a gun if they have a blood alcohol level greater than .08. You could still carry a gun if you are not carrying ammunition. In Delaware, you must have a permit to carry a weapon.

You could be charged with a misdemeanor if you are caught carrying a gun while drinking. And you will have to wait five years before reapplying for a permit to carry a concealed deadly weapon.

Originally the bill would have prevented folks from carrying guns on their own property. But after an outcry from gun owners, the bill was re-written.

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Pretty sure, this is my first time ever posting in this forum.

Under the same bureau?

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Actually, I'm surprised to find out Delaware doesn't already have laws like this. As far as I as aware, the only state I knew which didn't have a prohibition against being drunk while carrying a gun (usually the same definition of drunk as for driving) was Oregon.

Strange, I wouldn't have thought you would support a law that allows drinking and possessing a gun.


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I wouldn't think most gun barrels hold more than a half a shot or so.

Unless it's a shotgun.

Carrying a gun requires responsibility and good judement.
Both of those are suspect if an idividual is consuming excessive alcohol.

Concealed carry can and should be regulated in some ways. Prohibiting a drunk or drugged individual from carrying concealed isn't that big of a deal.

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to find that states that require no license to carry have some prohibition about carrying under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

public intoxication would still apply, although I agree it should be a bigger deal.

Disorderly conduct, drunk; that's a charge that is really useful some times. Drunks with guns are special and they deserve special treatment. I almost had to kill a guy in front of his ten year old son because he had a shotgun in one hand and a beer in the other. Dude was so drunk he wound up crying in the cruiser wishing I had killed him.

...just not at the BAC level of .08.

excluding people carrying from places that serve alcohol. This is a pretty mild restriction.

It's a bit surprising they had nothing - I half-suspected that this was a loosening of a tighter restriction, not the first regulation on the topic...

Never thought I'd see the day. ;)

While I do think that Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms should be three aisles at a big box store, I don't want people who are drunk to be carrying or using firearms.

support locally owned small business etc. True, guns and cars are alike in that way.

What I carry on my person or in my car, the contents of my bloodstream and my choice of life partner are all, equally, none of the business of anyone at all unless and until my actual actions impinge on someone else's life liberty or property. The only exceptions being the fact that society has a right to regulate the sobriety of someone operating a vehicle or carrying a weapon.

Most gun stores I know of are very small places. Economics forces me to go to the big boxes for any ammo I don't reload.

The two places where I basically HAVE to shop locally instead of online, the gun store and the liquor store, are both owned and operated by Democrats.

restaurants.

More or less what was done in Tennessee.

NC prohibits any drinking whatsoever while carrying, even simply tasting wine or something, regardless of how low one's BAC is.



The currently-proposed law to allow licensed CCW in restaurants with wine lists would not change the no-drinking law, FWIW.

Including most states that allow carry in restaurants that serve alcohol.