Sponsor of gun-in-bars bill arrested on gun, DUI charges

[struggle4progress]

A Tennessee lawmaker who was the lead sponsor of a law allowing permit holders to bring guns into bars has been arrested on DUI charges and possession of a gun while under the influence, The Tennessean reports.

Rep. Curry Todd, a Republican state representative from Collierville, was stopped by police in Nashville on Tuesday, failed a roadside sobriety test and refused to take a breathalyzer, according to court documents.

The newspaper says a loaded Smith & Wesson 38 Special was found in a holster stuffed between the driver's seat and the center console.

"The subject was obviously very impaired and not in any condition to be carrying a loaded handgun,' 'the arresting officer says in his report ...

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/10/tennessee-lawmaker-curry-todd-who-backed-gun-in-bars-bill-arrested-on-gun-dui-charges/1


Res ipsa loquitur

[Scuba]

1. Well that's WHY he got the law passed....

"The subject was obviously very impaired..." Isn't that redundant? The article said he was a Republican.

[zbdent]

4. you misunderstand ...

he was so drunk, he was impaired even for the standards of a Republican ... too drunk to pull out his gun and call the cops "idiots" (like John Kasich did, before he became governor of Ohio ... but you never see that tape on "Cops" ...)

[MineralMan]

2. Wonderful...another moron.

Guns and alcohol mix to become a lethal combination. Lousy drink, indeed.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

3. It's like this:

When I was a wee laddie, learning to shoot from a very no-nonsense NRA instructor and a good man(These were the days before the NRA got hijacked by that scumbag LaPierre. It was a sane organization.), Canon Law #1 was that ETOH and Gunpowder do not mix. Full stop.

News Flash: They still do not mix.

[Hoyt]

5. Hope he loses right to tote and someone introduces legislation to change the lame gun-in-bars law.

[friendly_iconoclast]

12. That's what we love about you: You never let concern for accuracy impede your posts

While he should be clanged for this, he was nowhere near a bar....

[Hoyt]

18. But he's the right wing toter who supported bill for guns-in-bars and he had been drinking in public

If you can't make the connection, maybe your perception is inadequate to tote safely.

You have to admit, this is another case of supposed lawful gun packer who is toting unlawfully and endangering society.

[rl6214]

13. "loses right to tote"

Why do you care what sort of bag he carries

http://www.overstock.com/Clothing-Shoes/Tote-Bags/5759/subcat.html

[Hoyt]

17. It's the groin toter some of you like that makes me laugh.

[jmg257]

6. Broke the law...do the crimes, do the time...good.

Drunk driving and illegal gun possession...brilliant dude, this guy.

[jmg257]

7. dp nt

nt

[JohnnyRingo]

8. Here in Ohio I've been seeing signs at bar doors: "no concealed weapons".

I was discussing it with a friend at another bar last week and wondered aloud if the permit holders will openly boycott those establishments. He looked over at me and reminded, "they aren't allowed to drink".

I guess if someone doesn't allow concealed carry at their bar, their suffering will be centered about the soda tap. I imagine there's food too, but I haven't seen the signs in resturants that serve alcohol.

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[Hoyt]

19. Most gunners here endorse boycotting establishments with such signs. That's OK with me.

Personally, I think the laws should prohibit guns in such establishments UNLESS the owner specifically puts a sign on the door saying something like, "This establishments loves toters with a gun or two strapped to their bodies, come on in and enjoy the macho camaraderie and all the BS that goes with it."

[Kolesar]

9. But he wasn't in a bar!

This makes no case against enabling "guns in bars"
:sarcasm:
He is *technically* not a hypocrite

[Atypical Liberal]

11. Fucking idiot.

Goddamn hypocrite.

[AtheistCrusader]

14. So, the law worked, and he got caught. Ok.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

15. exactly.

otherwise much ado about nothing.

[iverglas]

16. let's not forget the salient point here

The law is just another right-wing piece of garbage, shoved on the public by right-wing pieces of garbage, to advance their right-wing agenda.

Given that, what's surprising here?