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Why Drinking, Driving, and Guns Don't Mix

By Neil Shouse, Esq.

Picture this. While out with some friends, you have a little too much to drink. You?re only a couple of miles from home, so you take the streets. But before you make it, the cops pull you over, suspecting that you?re DUI. After conducting their investigation, the officers arrest you for DUI. Because the cops are going to impound your car, they inventory the contents first. In it, they find your unloaded handgun under the seat. And it turns out you?ve been pulled over in a school zone. This means that you now face charges for DUI, carrying a concealed weapon, and violating Penal Code 626.9 PC California?s Gun-Free School Zone Act. Penal Code 626.9 PC California?s Gun-Free School Zone Act imposes a two to five-year state prison sentence in addition and consecutive to the penalties you receive for violating any other California firearm offense...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blogger on June 09, 2010 (boomark / email).