Might want to add the following:joe817 wrote:Well you can if you are stupid enough to do so, but you'll be in violation of the Penal Code:Instructor: "So what happens if I am carrying my handgun in my car, stop at a bar, leave the pistol in the car, go into the bar and get completely drunk, leave the bar carrying two bottles of tequila??"-----
Instructor: " I know I can't drive, I'll get a DWI" "But can I get my weapon out of the car, conceal it, and take my tequila for a walk down the street"
PC 46.035 Unlawful Carrying of Handgun By License Holder:
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"(d) A license holder commits an offense if, while intoxicated, the license holder carries a handgun under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, regardless of whether the handgun is concealed."
(P. 40 of the handbook)
GC §411.171. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
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(6) "Intoxicated" has the meaning assigned by Section 49.01,
Penal Code.
CHAPTER 49. INTOXICATION AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE OFFENSES
Sec. 49.01. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Alcohol concentration" means the number of grams of alcohol per:
(A) 210 liters of breath;
(B) 100 milliliters of blood; or
(C) 67 milliliters of urine.
(2) "Intoxicated" means:
(A) not having the normal use of mental or physical faculties by reason of the introduction of alcohol, a controlled substance, a drug, a dangerous drug, a combination of two or more of those substances, or any other substance into the body; or
(B) having an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more.
