And even if I am tipsy, I’m still going to stay armed. If someone has a knife to my wife’s throat, or is walking around shooting innocents, my aim may be less precise (still better than most cops’) but I don’t lose my right of self defense just because I am tipsy (or sleepy, or distracted, or on the cell phone, or applying makeup, or very elderly, or any of the other things that make drivers more dangerous than threshold “intoxication.”)
Just make me liable for my errors, and everything will be fine.
In Texas you do. There is no exceptable limit like there is for driving. If you are driving at .07 no problem. If a cop smells booze on your breath, boom your license can be taken.
You missed the part about "if otherwise detained." If you are intoxicated and not being a problem and are carrying, then no problem. But if you are violating the law for some reason, and the cops detain you, frisk you, and find a weapon and a CHL card, then they can charge you since you have not demonstrated that you are potentially not fully in control of the weapon or willing to be law-abiding while carrying.