[MR] RE: Illegal To Hold Meetings In Costume! -- NOT

[David Wendelken]

Good gentles,

Do be kind enough to read the law carefully.

A medieval hood does not "conceal the identity of the wearer"


This is not, by the way, a "dumb law".

A KKK hood doe conceal identity, and that is the purpose of the law.
Showing up in Klan "costume" on someone's private property is against
the law unless the property owner gave written permission.
This lets any law enforcement officer toss those <expletive-deleted>
masked folks into jail just for entering someone's property without
permission.
They don't have to wait until *after* the lynching is done. It is, in
fact, an "anti-domestic terrorist" piece of legislation.

FYI, NC law also forbids the training of military units except for
federal and state-controlled units, and those associated with an
educational institution.  As the SCA is a non-profit educational
organization, we should also be exempt.  

Andras Salamandra

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 >http://www.dumblaws.com/citations/citation.php?LawID=210
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 >Law: Organizations may not hold their meetings while the 
 >members present are in costume.
 >Country: USA
 >State: North Carolina
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 >Citation: 
 >§ 14-12.10. Holding meetings or demonstrations while wearing 
 >masks, hoods, etc.
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 >No person or persons at least 16 years of age shall while 
 >wearing a mask, hood or device whereby the person, face or 
 >voice is disguised so as to conceal the identity of the 
 >wearer, hold any manner of meeting, or make any demonstration 
 >upon the private property of another unless such person or 
 >persons shall first obtain from the owner or occupier of the 
 >property his or her written permission to do so, which said 
 >written permission shall be recorded in the office of the 
 >register of deeds of the county in which said property is 
 >located before the beginning of such meeting or demonstration. 
 >
 >(1953, c. 1193, s. 9; 1983, c. 175, ss. 3, 10; c. 720, s. 4.)
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