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Originally Posted by Rastoff
If you end up in front of a jury, all bets are off. The prosecution will use everything to convict you. That's their job. If you had alcohol in your system, the prosecution will try to work it into their case to attack your character and sway the jury.
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It won't make it to a jury . . .
RSMO 571.030
Here's the important part(s)
571.030. 1. A person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons, except as otherwise provided by sections 571.101 to 571.121, if he or she knowingly:
(5) Has a firearm or projectile weapon readily capable of lethal use on his or her person, while he or she is intoxicated, and handles or otherwise uses such firearm or projectile weapon in either a negligent or unlawful manner or discharges such firearm or projectile weapon unless acting in self-defense; or
5. Subdivisions (3), (4),
(5), (6), (7), (8), (9), and (10) of subsection 1 of this section shall not apply to persons who are engaged in a lawful act of defense pursuant to section 563.031.