[JoSixChip]

"McVey is charged with going armed in terror of the public, a misdemeanor"

This charge sounds a little more serious then a misdemeanor.

[Cicero]

Apparently there is a law in North Carolina derived from British common law that uses this phrase, “in terror of the public.” There’s a brief discussion here:

http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum41/17002.html

[donhunt]

Well, hey. They just invented the charge today.