Tennessee legislator Curry Todd, who was the lawmaker who pushed for the 2009 law that allowed people to carry handguns in bars, provided they were not drinking, was arrested in Nashville on Tuesday and charged with driving under the influence and possession of a handgun while under the influence – and RadarOnline.com has the details.

The former Memphis police officer, who does not have a permit to carry a gun in public, was pulled over while driving his GMC Envoy and police maintained that he smelled of alcohol.  After failing a roadside sobriety test and refusing to take a Breathalyzer, police noticed that he had a loaded .38-caliber gun in between the driver seat and center console.

According to a police affidavit, Todd was “almost falling down at times” and was “obviously very impaired and not in any condition to be carrying a loaded handgun.”