Nevada law already imposes a .10 BAC limit on those carrying a firearm. This fact is required to be taught in a CCW class taken in Nevada. Also consider that alcohol is served in many venues not off limits to permit holders. While I'm sure there have been cases of people carrying a firearm who exceed the BAC limit, it hasn't been a problem significant enough to warrant any changes to the CCW permitting process. In fact it rarely even makes the news.
Lets also consider the number of alcohol related traffic fatalities that occur in the United States.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 33,808 people died in traffic crashes in 2009 in the United States (latest figures available), including an estimated 10,839 people who died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes. Drunk driving fatalities accounted for 32% of all traffic deaths last year, that is, on average someone is killed in an alcohol-impaired driving crash about every 50 minutes in the U.S. (Source: NHTSA/FARS, 2010)This is a startling statistic! Over 10,000 drunk driving fatalities in 2009! Even if you take alcohol out of the equation, more people died in traffic accidents than they do at the hands of firearms. Do college students have to ask for permission to operate a motor vehicle on college campuses? No, They have proven to the state that they are competent to operate a motor vehicle. They do not have to show good cause to justify their need to drive a car on university ground. Even more startling is that nothing in the constitution protects a citizen's right to drive a car. Something just isn't right with this picture.
Students are at far greater risk of death or serious injury at the hands of other students behind the wheel than they are at the hands of a law abiding, properly licensed CCW permit holder, yet no one is required to ask permission to drive a car on campus.
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