Should carrying a firearm while intoxicated be legally allowed?

I don't want ANY of those people to have a gun. Just because a violent criminal with a gun is more dangerous than a non-violent drunk with a gun does not mean that being drunk and having a gun isn't too dangerous to be allowed. In the case of the drunk, it's not his/her propensity for violence that is the concern, but rather the lack of judgment. You might do well to look at some police reports in your jurisdiction and find out how often people who go out to the desert to drink and shoot together accidentally injure or kill one of the group. And what about drunken people who live in densely populated urban areas who get drunk and don't go out to the wide open spaces to shoot? They may not be willfully aiming at people, but if they accidentally shoot out someone's window, they might also hit the person standing behind that window. And while such a person might do something so reckless while drunk, they would not do so while cold sober. It's the same reasoning as we use for drunk driving laws: If you don't use a substance that suppresses the judgment centers of your brain, you are far less likely to kill or maim someone with a dangerous device like a car or a gun.