Firearms and alcohol?

[shefearsnothing]

I am asking this as a poll but am wondering....what are your thoughts or personal "rules" regarding drinking and firearms?

[PisnNapalm]

They do not mix. Period. Alcohol turns smart people into stupid.

Just my 2 cents.

EDIT: That being said.... I will have a beer with dinner even if I'm carrying. I will not ever have more than one though.

People who get drunk and screw around with guns are irresponsible.

[c.sander]

dont drink...

[Statkowski]

1) I don't drink.

2) If someone else wants to drink, that's their business.

3) If they end up doing something stupid, there will be consequences.

4) If they don't do anything stupid, no harm.

5) Items 3 & 4 apply whether or not firearms are included in the mix.

[Gallo]

Alcohol and guns don't mix.
Judgements are lost, as well as serious problems if you make the mistake of drawing your firearm for any reason.

[bogey1]

love 'em both..

[Brown-Bear]

I never drink and carry just as I never drink and drive, not one drop while engaging in either of those activities. It is however a personal choice, the only judgement I will pass is this. When alcohol is mixed with either vehicles or foirearms, the one drinking and driving or drinking and using firearms never seems to hurt themselves. The drunk driver kills a family on their way home from dinner out and the guy drinking and using a gun shoots his kid on the porch. Just irresponsible in my book.

Dave

[Bastard Child]

I dont feel they mix at all. Doesnt mean i wont have a beer if the old lady and i go to dinner, even if carrying.

Bastard Child

[Agent Smith]

I can't drink because of the medication I'm taking; however, I feel just as drinking and driving doesn't mix, neither does alcohol and firearms.

Now don't get me wrong, if someone is out to dinner while carrying and they want to have a beer, I don't see anything wrong with that.

[Asmodeus6]

I can understand having "a" beverage, or maybe two. But excessive drinking and guns is probably not the best idea. See also / party level drinking + firearms = bad idea.

Ask a buddy of mine. Someone was shooting his pistol, he was knock down drunk they handed it back to him loaded one in the pipe. When he is drinking he normally unloads his carry pistol. He was to drunk to realize and fumbling with it he shot someone in the chest accidently.

Excessive drinking and guns is bad business. But I am not so holier than thou as to say you can't have a normal drink and still engage in proper firearm safety. I think in being a responsible person you need to know your limits with alcohol in general and activities pertaining to it when you are drinking... This would include speaking, walking, driving, and of course firearms.