I drank a beer at a restaurant while open carrying, and strangely, my gun didn't leap out of its holster to go on a rampage of death.
I think mine is broken.
Not broken, too drunk.....your pistol seems to be a real lightweight.
Paul Bastean, a sergeant with the Lake St. Louis Police Department.....
Lake St. Louis PD, some of the folks anyway, at Lake St. Louis PD, do not agree with the definition of intoxicated contained in RSMo 571.010. Their view may be the norm or their view may be the exception. But, in Lake St. Louis you will be arrested if they see you with a cool frosty friendly in your hand and they know that you are armed. I heard that, with my own ears, along with a bunch of other folks, come from a Lake St. Louis cop.
Definitions 571.010. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall mean:
(11) "Intoxicated", substantially impaired mental or physical capacity resulting from introduction of any substance into the body;
But, let us not turn this into another drinking while packing discussion even though the story is about drinking while packing.
Anyone wonder how Paul Bastean, a PD Sgt. in
Lake St. Louis Missouri (576 miles distant) gets cited on a story out of a suburb NW of Atlanta? Hmmm.....is Sgt. Bastean a "go to" guy for NBC news and gun rights issues?