Carrying after a drink?

[stewmaker]

The fact that you know you shouldn't do it and you do it anyway indicates a lack of self control, something that is prerequisite to carrying a loaded firearm. That's why I asked the question I asked.

I'm sure this example has happened to multiple people. But here was my exact scenario that happened to me so you can focus on my actual question. I was traveling outside my city (an hour away) to do some shopping and meet up with some college buddies for dinner and watch a sports game. I didn't want to leave my gun at home all day just for the possibility of having a drink at dinner. I did end up having a drink after all.

So my question, what's the correct way to handle your gun, which is in the car, in the scenario?

[Treo]

I didn't want to leave my gun at home all day just for the possibility of having a drink at dinner. I did end up having a drink after all.

If it is illegal in your state to posses a firearm after having one drink, then when dinner time comes you forego the alcohol. Why is that so difficult to understand?

So my question, what's the correct way to handle your gun, which is in the car, in the scenario?

Lock box in the trunk and don't consent to any searches

[paxton86]

If your glove box locks, pull anything you might need such as registration and insurance out of there, put your gun in there and lock it. If its unlocked, it's concealed. In a locked container is considered transporting, not concealing. But if you get pulled over, and unlock it to get your registration and the cop spots it, you're in trouble. Here in nc with a concealed lisence if you blow ANYTHING while concealing a firearm, minimum is you lose your ccw permit.

[tattedupboy]

If you're sober enough to drive, and then you're probably sober enough to carry too.

[smlawrence]

ANSWER: In NC it is NOT illegal to Openly Carry a firearm with alcohol in your system. It IS illegal to carry a firearm CONCEALED with alcohol in the system.

§ 14‑415.11. Permit to carry concealed handgun; scope of permit.
(a) Any person who has a concealed handgun permit may carry a concealed handgun unless otherwise specifically prohibited by law. The person shall carry the permit together with valid identification whenever the person is carrying a concealed handgun, shall disclose to any law enforcement officer that the person holds a valid permit and is carrying a concealed handgun when approached or addressed by the officer, and shall display both the permit and the proper identification upon the request of a law enforcement officer. In addition to these requirements, a military permittee whose permit has expired during deployment may carry a concealed handgun during the 90 days following the end of deployment and before the permit is renewed provided the permittee also displays proof of deployment to any law enforcement officer.
(b) The sheriff shall issue a permit to carry a concealed handgun to a person who qualifies for a permit under G.S. 14‑415.12. The permit shall be valid throughout the State for a period of five years from the date of issuance.
(c) A permit does not authorize a person to carry a concealed handgun in the areas prohibited by G.S. 14‑269.2, 14‑269.3, 14‑269.4, and 14‑277.2, in an area prohibited by rule adopted under G.S. 120‑32.1, in any area prohibited by 18 U.S.C. § 922 or any other federal law, in a law enforcement or correctional facility, in a building housing only State or federal offices, in an office of the State or federal government that is not located in a building exclusively occupied by the State or federal government, a financial institution, or on any other premises, except state‑owned rest areas or state‑owned rest stops along the highways, where notice that carrying a concealed handgun is prohibited by the posting of a conspicuous notice or statement by the person in legal possession or control of the premises. It shall be unlawful for a person, with or without a permit, to carry a concealed handgun while consuming alcohol or at any time while the person has remaining in his body any alcohol or in his blood a controlled substance previously consumed, but a person does not violate this condition if a controlled substance in his blood was lawfully obtained and taken in therapeutically appropriate amounts.

[mappow]

UNLOAD the weapon,place it in the trunk and drive home. UNLESS you have a CC permit one cannot carry/posses a LOADED weapon that is NOT in plain sight in your vehicle.

Kinda agree with TREO on this one. Booze-NO CC or OC////NO Booze, yes CC if Licensed or OC IAW State Law.

[Treo]

Kinda agree with TREO on this one.

That must have hurt

[tuts40]

Lubby's in Texas. IHOP in Nevada. City Grill in Buffalo, NY. And on and on. Most notably is Dr. Susan Hupp's account of her parents death in a Lubby's, and how she feels so much anguish for a choice she made before going in...

[bigrebnc1861]

I don't believe he is asking about drinking and carrying. I made that mistake on my first post as well. He wants to know if the gun being in the trunk, with magazines in the glove compartment, is considered concealed. Since they have a zero tolerance for alcohol and concealed carry, is that method of transportation considered concealed carrying?

Concealed would mean hidden but having access too. Concealed weapon is defined Concealed weapons are weapons, especially handguns, which are kept hidden on one's person, or under one's control. If the gun is the trunk it would be fine.

Concealed Weapons Law & Legal Definition

[jg1967]

ANSWER: In NC it is NOT illegal to Openly Carry a firearm with alcohol in your system. It IS illegal to carry a firearm CONCEALED with alcohol in the system.

§ 14‑415.11. Permit to carry concealed handgun; scope of permit.
(a) Any person who has a concealed handgun permit may carry a concealed handgun unless otherwise specifically prohibited by law. The person shall carry the permit together with valid identification whenever the person is carrying a concealed handgun, shall disclose to any law enforcement officer that the person holds a valid permit and is carrying a concealed handgun when approached or addressed by the officer, and shall display both the permit and the proper identification upon the request of a law enforcement officer. In addition to these requirements, a military permittee whose permit has expired during deployment may carry a concealed handgun during the 90 days following the end of deployment and before the permit is renewed provided the permittee also displays proof of deployment to any law enforcement officer.
(b) The sheriff shall issue a permit to carry a concealed handgun to a person who qualifies for a permit under G.S. 14‑415.12. The permit shall be valid throughout the State for a period of five years from the date of issuance.
(c) A permit does not authorize a person to carry a concealed handgun in the areas prohibited by G.S. 14‑269.2, 14‑269.3, 14‑269.4, and 14‑277.2, in an area prohibited by rule adopted under G.S. 120‑32.1, in any area prohibited by 18 U.S.C. § 922 or any other federal law, in a law enforcement or correctional facility, in a building housing only State or federal offices, in an office of the State or federal government that is not located in a building exclusively occupied by the State or federal government, a financial institution, or on any other premises, except state‑owned rest areas or state‑owned rest stops along the highways, where notice that carrying a concealed handgun is prohibited by the posting of a conspicuous notice or statement by the person in legal possession or control of the premises. It shall be unlawful for a person, with or without a permit, to carry a concealed handgun while consuming alcohol or at any time while the person has remaining in his body any alcohol or in his blood a controlled substance previously consumed, but a person does not violate this condition if a controlled substance in his blood was lawfully obtained and taken in therapeutically appropriate amounts.

I think that sums it up.