You can't concealed carry if you're in a bar either, or if you're intoxicated. There are tons of laws around guns.
So if you're a "smart" drug trafficker, you'll forego the weapons. Distributing drugs doesn't seem to be a good risk-reward choice IMO. Maybe these dealers/distributors should evaluate their possible outcomes if they don't like 55 year sentences.
You can't concealed carry if you're in a bar either, or if you're intoxicated. There are tons of laws around guns.
That depends, the laws are so wildly varying that there are many states that allow concealed carry while at a bar, see e.g. the 2010 chart here: http://www.2acheck.com/but-you-cant-carry-a-gun-into-a-bar/ and as the article noted, states have been loosening their restrictions since then. Separately I noticed that includes Ohio as of a few years ago, and many of the in-between states have a "51%" law where it's OK if the establishment earns less than the majority of its income from alcohol. Virginia was in a weird state for a while, requiring you to unconceal while at one, a loophole in a poison pill added to the law that finally made it shall issue in the state.
Being "intoxicated" is a lot more complicated: certainly, in any jurisdiction where you come to the attention of the police while being both there are general laws that'll get you. But I seem to remember that at least one state, maybe my Missouri, allows even being intoxicated (as I recall, that was due to police arresting someone in his home where he had some guns while he was intoxicated). Many states allow carrying with a degree of alcohol in your blood short of legal intoxication (which can be below the statutory norm of 0.08%).
So if you're a "smart" drug trafficker, you'll forego the weapons. Distributing drugs doesn't seem to be a good risk-reward choice IMO. Maybe these dealers/distributors should evaluate their possible outcomes if they don't like 55 year sentences.