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YOU MUST READ THE FOLLOWING RULES PRIOR TO SIGNING THE APPLICATION FOR USE OF THE
PERMIT AREA IN FRONT OF THE STATE LEGISLATIVE BUILDING.
G.S. § 14-277.2. Weapons at parades, etc., prohibited.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person participating in, affiliated with, or present as a spectator at any parade,
funeral procession, picket line, or demonstration upon any private health care facility or upon any public place
owned or under the control of the State or any of its political subdivisions to willfully or intentionally possess or have
immediate access to any dangerous weapon. Violation of this subsection shall be a Class 1 misdemeanor. It shall
be presumed that any rifle or gun carried on a rack in a pickup truck at a holiday parade or in a funeral procession
does not violate the terms of this act.
(b) For the purposes of this section the term "dangerous weapon" shall include those weapons specified
in G.S. 14-269, 14-269.2, 14-284.1, or 14-288.8 or any other object capable of inflicting serious bodily injury or
death when used as a weapon.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a person exempted by the provisions of G.S. 14-269(b)
or to persons authorized by State or federal law to carry dangerous weapons in the performance of their duties or
to any person who obtains a permit to carry a dangerous weapon at a parade, funeral procession, picket line, or
demonstration from the sheriff or police chief, whichever is appropriate, of the locality where such parade, funeral
procession, picket line, or demonstration is to take place.
Excerpt from the Legislative Building and Legislative Office Building Rules, pursuant to G.S § 120-32.1
1. Visitors may enter the Legislative Complex at any
time the buildings are open to the general public and may
move freely about the Legislative Complex. No person or group of persons may congregate on, assemble on,
camp on, park on, or otherwise use the grassy areas surrounding the State Legislative Building except either as
permitted under Rule V.D.4. of these Rules or for the purposes of maintenance, repair, and servicing of the
building.
2. Visitors to the Complex may not disturb or act in a manner that will imminently disturb the General Assembly,
one of its houses, or its committees, members, or staff in the performance of their duties. Visitors who disturb or
act in a manner that will imminently disturb the General Assembly, one of its houses, or its committees,
members, or staff in the performance of their duties will be asked to stop the behavior for the remainder of their
visit to the Complex. Visitors who do not stop the behavior for the remainder of their visit to the Complex will be
asked to leave immediately. Knowing failure to comply with these requests is a violation of these Rules. The
following are nonexclusive examples of behaviors that may disturb the General Assembly, one of its houses, or
its committees, members, or staff in the performance of their duties:
a. Making noise that is loud enough to impair others' ability to conduct a conversation in a normal tone of
voice while in the general vicinity and may include singing, clapping, shouting, playing instruments, or
using sound amplification equipment while inside either the State Legislative Building or the Legislative
Office Building.
b. Creating any impediment to others
' free movement around the grounds, impeding access to and from
offices, committee rooms, elevators, stairwells, hallways, public areas, the chambers, or creating an
impediment to others' ability to observ
e the proceedings in either house or in a committee meeting.
3. The following acts are prohibited:
a. Littering - Placing or throwing trash, debris, waste matter or any other material on the floors,
furnishings, or equipment, or in the pools in the Legislative Complex.
b. Damaging or Defacing - Marking, s
carring, tearing, breaking, removing, or otherwise damaging walls,
floors, ceilings, windows, signs, or any structure, plants, or equipment of the Legislative Complex.
4. Signs. - Signs on handsticks are prohibited. Signs may not be affixed to any structure or any equipment in the
Legislative Complex. A sign that is used to disturb or used in a manner that will imminently
disturb the General
Assembly, one of its houses, or its committees, members, or staff in the performance of their duties will be
confiscated.
5. Visitors entering the Legislative Building will be screen for prohibited items. The following items are prohibited:
Aerosol Containers, Electric Stun Guns, Martial Arts Weapons or Devices, Knives of Any Size, Mace and
Pepper Spray, Guns, Replica Guns, Ammunition, and Fireworks, any Weapon Facsimile, Razors and Box
Cutters, Pets or Animals (Guide and Assistance Animals are Permitted), Batons and Nightsticks, Signs Cannot
Be Placed on Handsticks, Any other item that could be considered a dangerous weapon.
§ 14-12.8. Wearing of masks, hoods, etc., on public property.
No person or persons shall in this State, while wearing any mask, hood or device whereby the person, face or
voice is disguised so as to conceal the identity of the wearer, enter, or appear upon or within the public property of
any municipality or county of the State, or of the State of North Carolina. (1953, c. 1193, s. 7.)
