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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:26 PM Original message |
If you are drunk in your house (BAC .08) you can be arrested |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. how can being "drunk in your house" be considered being "drunk in public"? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. If they can see or hear you from outside, they can charge you |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Do you have a cite for this? NT |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 04:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
72. Happened to me personally in Warner Robins, GA, in 2008 |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #72 |
82. I'm sorry, I'm still going to need to see an actual law here. |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 08:22 AM Response to Reply #82 |
93. You're saying you think I don't know what I spend the night in jail for? |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 07:03 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. Yes, I will need a cite that says you don't need to be in public to be drunk in public. |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. What does the law have to do with anything? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Did it happen to you, someone you know, or is there a story? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. See Post #13 |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. "Some places" as opposed to "this is pretty much every city in America"? |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. NY had a law like this once - it lasted about two months, and I got popped |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
73. Well, Monmouth is famous as the last dry town in Oregon |
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fredamae (622 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. My concern is; How do "they" Know? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Neighbors hearing noises |
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idiotgardener (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. Nothing in your post says how being in your house can be "drunk in public" |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
63. bullshit |
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idiotgardener (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #63 |
78. OOOOOOoookay. |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. Wait a minute, I have heard of laws against serving drunk patrons and |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. If they can see or hear you - say loud noises, they can write you up for drunk in public |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. You can get a "disturbing the peace" citation. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Simple - and I've seen this before |
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ergot (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. So this is a third-hand story you're telling here? |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. You need a citation for this. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
56. Not credible. nt |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
85. Swing and a miss... |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. Can you explain how you can be arrested for being in your house drunk? |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I agree. And I'm from Montana, the state with the motto of "Speed Limits don't matter |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Do you think .08 is drunk? |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. What on earth are you talking about? |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. I don't give a rats ass what you think is drunk. |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
74. For some people, .08 is impaired, for others, nope |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #74 |
92. Look at statistics with x as the BAC, y as the accident rate and z as the speed driven |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. Big fan of W H Anderson are ya? |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. Big fan of changing the subject, are ya? |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. Please post sources when making your claim |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. I don't see the public policy in such a law, so I respectfully don't believe your premise. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. There do need to be stricter rules governing alcohol -- and driving. |
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ChoppinBroccoli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
22. It's Not The Drunkenness They're Charging; It's The Behavior |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. uh no "public intoxication" is a crime in many states |
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richmwill (972 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
26. I see nothing about "drunk in your house", alarmist. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
28. Care to make any retractions? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. How about first hand witnesses |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Conflating Carrie Nation with individuals opposed to drunk driving |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 02:58 PM Original message |
Seriously. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
36. So you think cops should be able to close a bar for serving people who are drunk?* |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Show me where I said that. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. You're the one who took offense to my OP |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Sure, and somehow, somewhere, a cop will arrest a man for walking the wrong way down a sidewalk. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Please show me where, exactly, I mention drinking and driving in my OP |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I see someone who is completely incapable of making a logical point. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Please show me where, in my OP, that I mention drinking and driving |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. You mention it many times within this very post. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Deleted message |
EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. The hell I do. Man, you can't even keep up with your own lies now. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Ah nice, "are you on drugs?" "are you wasted?" |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Typically one uses quotes for something someone actually said. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Thing is I haven't had a drink since last night |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:11 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. So your argument is over? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Hell no |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
68. wow... |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
35. "I was drunk in a bar ... they THREW me in PUBLIC ..." |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
37. I can't take you seriously if you don't have any proof of this. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
46. If you are drunk in bar, you can be arrested. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. THIS is more or less what I'm talking about |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. If that's what you were talking about, why the hell didn't you say it? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Read. The. O. P. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I did. What "stricter" laws are you referring to? |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #54 |
66. The OP that starts with this claim? |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
47. Not in Indiana |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
57. Not in Las Vegas nor in the state of Nevada. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #57 |
77. Thanks - corrects me on a bunch of things eom |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
58. Your house is not public. |
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Never Stop Dancin (173 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. You should be able |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. That has nothing at all to do with my post, but no, no you should not. |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Yes... |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
61. Wow... |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
64. stricter laws for drunk drivers |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. +1 |
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John_Adams (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
67. You can blame MADD for that. |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. That is the dumbest post of the thread |
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John_Adams (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 04:10 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. MADD pushed for lower blood/alcohol limits... |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. I assume you're referring to mouth wash? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. Mouthwash won't, but beer hides the alcohol a little better than spirit eom |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #76 |
81. Ummm, what? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 09:25 PM Response to Reply #81 |
91. If you are going to drink and drive |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #70 |
75. Here we go again.. |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. "What does this prove?" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Deleted message |
Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #69 |
83. MADD is a bunch of puritanical neo-prohibitionists. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
84. K&R |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
86. You can't be arrested in your house... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
87. bullshit. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
88. If you're caus'n a drunk'n mess over @ yer place and disturbing the peace, I guess you could be. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
89. EXCEPT in New Orleans. |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
90. You can lose your license for drinking at home too.... link |
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