It also underscores that while Texas has a lot of things going for it, there are some areas where we have a lot of overly broad regulations open to abuse, the alcohol regulations appear to one. I saw the definition of what they could consider "premises" near that bar and it sounded like they could pick someone up down the street in a Walmart parking lot and make the same charge.
The whole alcohol thing has always bugged me regarding guns. I'm sure some will disagree with me, but even beyond carrying in a place that serves alcohol, if you can't handle a beer, then don't carry and drink a beer. Simple. People meet up for lunch to have a burger and beer all the time, then get back in their cars and drive home, no drinking and driving problems with Johnny Law. But in some of those same states, if you just enter an establishment armed, look out.
I like the way they do it here. You can't be intoxicated and carry a gun. Doesn't mean you can't go into a bar and have a beer, or a glass of water.
Late edit: I just saw I left out a closing quote bracket and it made it look like what I wrote was a quote from mech.
