CCP Question

msduckslayer wrote:Im new to this forum and am very exited about what im finding here. My question is regarding Blood Alcohol level, while carrying a pistol with a CCP. Im sure there is a law devoted to this but I cannot find it. To many grey areas in Mississippi gun laws and I dont want to get in to trouble due to my ignorance. Thanks.

jakeg823 wrote:"letter of the law:"

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No license issued pursuant to this section shall authorize any person to carry a concealed pistol or revolver into any place of nuisance as defined in Section 95-3-1,Mississippi Code of 1972; any police, sheriff or highway patrol station; any detention facility, prison or jail; any courthouse; any courtroom, except that nothing in this section shall preclude a judge from carrying a concealed weapon or determining who will carry a concealed weapon in his courtroom; any polling place; any meeting place of the governing body of any governmental entity; any meeting of the Legislature or a committee thereof; any public park unless for the purpose of participating in any authorized firearms-related activity; any school, college or professional athletic event not related to firearms; any portion of an establishment, licensed to dispense alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, that is primarily devoted to dispensing alcoholic beverages; any portion of an establishment in which beer or light wine is consumed on the premises, that is primarily devoted to such purpose; any elementary or secondary school facility; any junior college, community college, college or university facility unless for the purpose of participating in any authorized firearms-related activity; inside the passenger terminal of any airport, except that no person shall be prohibited from carrying any legal firearm into the terminal if the firearm is encased for shipment ,for purposes of checking such firearm as baggage to be lawfully transported on any aircraft; any church or other place of worship; or any place where the carrying of firearms is prohibited by federal law. In addition to the places enumerated in this subsection, the carrying of a concealed pistol or revolver may be disallowed in anyplace in the discretion of the person or entity exercising control over the physical location of such place by the placing of a written notice clearly readable at a distance of not less than ten (10) feet that the "carrying of a pistol or revolver is prohibited." No license issued pursuant to this section shall authorize the participants in a parade or demonstration for which a permit is required to carry a concealed pistol or revolver.

In other words you do what you want on your own property, but when in public, if you aren't allowed in a "bar" or in a area of a restaurant that primarily sells alcohol, then you can't drink. It's not written here, but any reasonable person can understand what they're getting at. That was in the info you got with your Firearms Permit. When in doubt, copy and paste the law into a word document, and use the search function to find key words like "alcohol."

When I carry in public, I don't even touch a drink, period.

What is the point in carrying to protect myself and those I love if I'm under the influence of alcohol and cannot competently do so?

speedyrev wrote:Why does it matter what the letter of the law is anyway?