Spot the intruder. Driving your car, flying a plane, playing pétanque, hunting, working, riding a bike and sunbathing on a beach. The answer is ? (drum roll)… The hunt! Yes, it is the only one of these activities to still not be subject to any regulation or ban on the consumption of alcohol. You can still handle weapons and shoot completely drunk. For those who had the right answer, above all do not blow the corks too quickly, the abuse of alcohol while hunting will soon be sanctioned.As Frédéric Dard said, “everything is not cirrhosis in life”. The government, in the footsteps of the report of the senatorial mission unveiled in mid-September , envisages the creation of an offense of alcoholism specific to hunting. It would establish a limit modeled on that of the Highway Code of 0.5 g of alcohol per liter of blood.
Bérangère Couillard, the Secretary of State in charge of Ecology, must present the outlines this Tuesday during a trip to the Grand Est, in the Marne. The measure seems common sense as it seems obvious that drunkenness is dangerous when you play the trigger. Drinking affects the coordination of movements, hearing, vision, communication and inevitably judgment. The goal in sight: to reduce the number of accidents again and again. Hunters are the first concerned since in nine out of ten accidents, they are the victims. In Moselle, this Sunday, a hunter was also shot in the thigh during a beat. Federations and hunting societies have long fought against such regulations. This time, they seem resigned, especially if the government of Emmanuel Macron, regularly criticized for its very pro-hunting positions, comes to change tack. For their opponents, it is only a step. In their line of fire, they are aiming for a ban on hunting on Sundays and the obligation of an annual medical check-up. Because unlike other sporting disciplines using a weapon (biathlon, archery, etc.), hunting is not subject to it.
