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Hoppes wrote:The act has to be voluntary and unconsciousness is not voluntary. Well, I could argue some circumstances might have taken place through voluntary action to begin with...

Yeah, someone who is passed out drunk in public is committing public intoxication; but getting drunk and going out in public are the crime.

Being in a car crash or having an insulin reaction can't create guilt.

- Jim

Seburiel wrote:It makes me wonder about the legal ramification if, during the accident, you lose conciousness, or become unresponsive - would it, at that point, be illegal (given the implied consent to treat) to be carried into the hospital with your firearm?

You can't commit a crime while unconscious.

- Jim

If no one you know can take it, you might as well give it to a cop. If the emergency room doctors or nurses find it, they will call the police after the optional freak-out.

Several people have posted about incidents of this type.

- Jim