farkles wrote:
tekshogun wrote:
Group gatherings is not defined in the law, only parades, funerals, picket lines, or demonstrations, areas of emergency, riot, assembly where a fee is paid, and ESTABLISHMENTS where alcohol is served AND consumed.
I think as long as there are no signs posted and if the carnival isn't serving alcoholAND allowing consumption of sold alcohol, you should be fine.
And you could technically go either way. Just keep an eye out for alcohol and signs and make sure it isn't taking place on government property/parking lots.
Tekshogun: I have seen many people posting this law stating the excluded places where guns are not allowed. I have not seen anyone bring up the fact that the "areas of emergency (and possibly riot)" clause is effectively repealed or not enforceable, do to federal law.
Although technically the NC law does still state this, congress passed
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h109-5013 which overturned any Gov't entity's right to take away your guns during an emergency. This passed just after Katrina hit LA.
Perhaps I have missed where this has been posted before, but I believe we really need to let people on this forum know that the Federal Gov't has enforced our 2nd Amend right and restricted the Feds or the States from restricting our possession of weapons during these times.
Hate to break it to you but that bill does not protect you from local or state government from confiscating your guns. That bill is specific to people operating under the color of Federal law, NOT state or lower laws
Under Section 706 - (a) Is telling you that under certain National Emergency Areas, FEDERAL officials can not confiscate your guns and in addition, that is true if you are still elligible under the local, state, and federal laws.
(b)Tells you that this Federal law does not override the State/Local laws. For example, if we have a freak weather system next winter and we're blanketed in nice across the state like 8 years ago, and Gov. Bev Perdue declares a State of Emergency, and then ask for and receives a Federal Emergency status, not only will the state already have had lawful ability to restrict carrying of firearms (sell, transfer, registration, etc) but then the Federal government, having been given FEMA control over the state can come in and enforce restrictions from a Federal level because the state law on firearms in emergency zones exempts Federal officials from HR 5013.
Not to mention, in order to be rescued... you can be forced to turn over your firearm.
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