http://timesfreepress.com/news/2011/oct/13/guns-in-bars-law-sponsor-faces-dui/NASHVILLE — The Tuesday night arrest of state Rep. Curry Todd, sponsor of Tennessee's controversial guns-in-bars law, on DUI and handgun possession charges, quickly found its way into the political sphere Wednesday.
According to a Nashville police affidavit, Todd, who represents the Collierville area in West Tennessee, was pulled over by an officer at 10:55 p.m. Tuesday. He allegedly failed a sobriety field test and refused to take a breathalyzer test. A loaded .38-caliber gun was found in a holster between the driver seat and the center console, police said.
Todd told police he had only had "two drinks." It was unclear whether he had consumed them at a restaurant while carrying his weapon, which is illegal.
The affidavit said Todd was unsteady and "almost falling down at times" and that he was "obviously very impaired and not in any condition to be carrying a loaded handgun."
Todd was the lead sponsor of a 2009 bill to let people with handgun-carry permits bring their loaded weapons into bars and restaurants that serve alcohol, provided they don't drink and the establishment posts no signs banning guns.
~~~ If these idiots keep it up, we'll soon be going backwards instead of forwards. ~~~
