Kory Watkins, a Texas man who is president of his local open carry gun rights group, also believes that there should be no laws against driving drunk — or even that drivers licenses should be a legal requirement, saying that he should not need to “ask for permission to drive a car I paid for on a road I paid for.”

But last week, Watkins was driving home from a protest against a police-operated drunk driving checkpoint, where he stood to the side screaming “You criminals!” at police officers stopping motorists for sobriety checks — when a drunk driver slammed into his car.