To: Free ThinkerNY
McVey is charged with going armed in terror of the public, a misdemeanor. What the heck kind of charge is that?
3 posted on
04/25/2010 6:05:58 PM PDT by
TigersEye
(0basma's father was a British subject. He can't be a "natural-born" citizen.)
To: TigersEye
5 posted on
04/25/2010 6:06:38 PM PDT by
al baby
(Hi Mom sarc ;))
To: TigersEye
If you go armed, you shouldn’t be any more than mildly concerned of the public, at most.
11 posted on
04/25/2010 6:12:51 PM PDT by
magslinger
(Cry MALAISE! and let slip the dogs of incompetence.)
To: TigersEye
I don’t know what that means but I can assure you I am in terror of our current occupant.
23 posted on
04/25/2010 6:20:42 PM PDT by
Carley
(I'll keep clinging to the constitution, my guns and my religion, thank you.)
To: TigersEye; Free ThinkerNY
McVey is charged with going armed in terror of the public, a misdemeanor.What the heck kind of charge is that?
It's an archaic 19th Century law that almost no one has ever heard of. In fact, today was the first mention of it I've heard in over a decade. It is used by NC law enforcement as a sort of catch-all "gotcha" in gun-related incidents where they don't like what you're doing but can't charge you with anything else.
Its use in this incident is pretty much pure harassment.
To: TigersEye
Going about armed to the terror of the populace was codified into N.C. common law in the 1969 session of the N.C. General Assembly.
It's in the 14 series General Statutes.
NCGS 14‑288.3. Provisions of Article intended to supplement common law and other statutes.
The provisions of this Article are intended to supersede and extend the coverage of the common‑law crimes of riot and inciting to riot. To the extent that such common‑law offenses may embrace situations not covered under the provisions of this Article, however, criminal prosecutions may be brought for such crimes under the common law. All other provisions of the Article are intended to be supplementary and additional to the common law and other statutes of this State and, except as specifically indicated, shall not be construed to abrogate, abolish, or supplant other provisions of law. In particular, this Article shall not be deemed to abrogate, abolish, or supplant such common‑law offenses as unlawful assembly, rout, conspiracy to commit riot or other criminal offenses, false imprisonment, and going about armed to the terror of the populace and other comparable public‑nuisance offenses. (1969, c. 869, s. 1.)
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