Correct me if I'm wrong.
My understanding of drinking while caring in Connecticut anyways.
This is the only law I could find on it.
The legal limit is .10 which is higher than Driving which is .08, my guess is when the drive limit was lowered they forgot about caring a firearm.
But the catch all phrase "while under the influence of intoxicating liquor" what does that mean exactly? I would think they mean you need to pass a road side sobriety test well a less strict one since it should be fore .10 not .08
I don't know if (A) and (B) are separate like you can be intoxicated but not be over .10 or intoxication means over .10
I could never get a straight answer, I only get just don't drink.
Now I by no means want you to think I got out to drinking while caring.
I don't see anything wrong with having a beer with dinner, I limit to 1 beer an hour, I was always told your body can process 1 beer per hour, so I hang out sip on a beer no one is like dude why aren't you drinking etc.
I always go by the CT clearinghouse chart I carry it my wallet, I have something to argue about "I fallowed what you suggested" I don't know if it will hold up.
http://www.ctclearinghouse.org/topics/customer-files/Alcohol-Impairment-Chart-041205.pdf
The CT State Statute.
Sec. 53-206d. Carrying a firearm while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drug prohibited. Hunting while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drug or while impaired by the consumption of intoxicating liquor prohibited. (a)(1) No person shall carry a pistol, revolver, machine gun, shotgun, rifle or other firearm, which is loaded and from which a shot may be discharged, upon his person (A) while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, or both, or (B) while the ratio of alcohol in the blood of such person is ten-hundredths of one per cent or more of alcohol, by weight.
(2) Any person who violates any provision of this subsection shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
(b) (1) No person shall engage in hunting while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, or both, or while impaired by the consumption of intoxicating liquor. A person shall be deemed under the influence when at the time of the alleged offense the person (A) is under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, or both, or (B) has an elevated blood alcohol content. For the purposes of this subdivision, "elevated blood alcohol content" means (i) a ratio of alcohol in the blood of such person that is ten-hundredths of one per cent or more of alcohol, by weight, or (ii) if such person has been convicted of a violation of this subsection, a ratio of alcohol in the blood of such person that is seven-hundredths of one per cent or more of alcohol, by weight. A person shall be deemed impaired when at the time of the alleged offense the ratio of alcohol in the blood of such person was more than seven-hundredths of one per cent of alcohol, by weight, but less than ten-hundredths of one per cent of alcohol, by weight.
(2) Any person who violates any provision of this subsection shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(3) Enforcement officers of the Department of Environmental Protection are empowered to arrest for a violation of the provisions of this subsection.
(P.A. 98-129, S. 20; P.A. 00-142, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 00-142 amended Subsec. (a) by designating provisions as Subdiv. (1), making technical changes therein, designated former Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (a)(2), making a technical change therein, and added new Subsec. (b) re hunting under the influence.